diff --git a/src/syscall/syscall_unix_test.go b/src/syscall/syscall_unix_test.go
index ae8e8d9d11..01fc670aba 100644
--- a/src/syscall/syscall_unix_test.go
+++ b/src/syscall/syscall_unix_test.go
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ func TestPassFD(t *testing.T) {
 		// TODO(aram): Figure out why ReadMsgUnix is returning empty message.
 		t.Skip("skipping test on solaris, see issue 7402")
 	case "darwin":
-		if runtime.GOARCH == "arm" {
+		switch runtime.GOARCH {
+		case "arm", "arm64":
 			t.Skipf("skipping test on %d/%s, no fork", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
 		}
 	}