diff --git a/src/cmd/go/note_test.go b/src/cmd/go/note_test.go
index bfaa75f6c3..0d43b9ec93 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/note_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/note_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ func TestNoteReading2K(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func testNoteReading(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "dragonfly" {
+		t.Skipf("TestNoteReading is broken on dragonfly - golang.org/issue/13364", runtime.GOOS)
+	}
 	tg := testgo(t)
 	defer tg.cleanup()
 	tg.tempFile("hello.go", `package main; func main() { print("hello, world\n") }`)