diff --git a/src/os/exec/exec_test.go b/src/os/exec/exec_test.go
index 558345ff63..22129bf022 100644
--- a/src/os/exec/exec_test.go
+++ b/src/os/exec/exec_test.go
@@ -593,6 +593,10 @@ func TestExtraFiles(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Skipf("skipping test on %q", runtime.GOOS)
 	}
 
+	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" && runtime.GOARCH  == "arm" {
+		t.Skipf("skipping test on %q %q", runtime.GOARCH, runtime.GOOS)
+	}
+
 	// Ensure that file descriptors have not already been leaked into
 	// our environment.
 	if !testedAlreadyLeaked {