diff --git a/src/runtime/runtime-gdb_test.go b/src/runtime/runtime-gdb_test.go
index a926f5fb85..36a0dc9e3c 100644
--- a/src/runtime/runtime-gdb_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/runtime-gdb_test.go
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ func main() {
 `
 
 func TestGdbPython(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+		t.Skip("gdb does not work on darwin")
+	}
+
 	checkGdbPython(t)
 
 	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "go-build")