diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index ad743dab4..d7a3cad79 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ Detailed list of changes
 
 - Linux: Fix regression that broke drag and drop from GTK applications (:iss:`9656`)
 
+- macOS: Fix using Fn key for start dictation not working (:iss:`9661`)
+
 0.46.0 [2026-03-11]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/kitty_tests/check_build.py b/kitty_tests/check_build.py
index dd11e31c4..dfc9ed3a6 100644
--- a/kitty_tests/check_build.py
+++ b/kitty_tests/check_build.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import json
 import os
+import shutil
 import stat
 import subprocess
 import sys
@@ -40,8 +41,8 @@ class TestBuild(BaseTest):
 
     def test_macos_dictation_forwarding(self) -> None:
         from kitty.constants import glfw_path, is_macos
-        if not is_macos:
-            self.skipTest('Dictation smoke test is macOS only')
+        if not is_macos or not shutil.which('clang'):
+                self.skipTest('Dictation smoke test is macOS only and requires clang')
         cocoa_module = glfw_path('cocoa')
         probe = textwrap.dedent('''\
             #import <AppKit/AppKit.h>