diff --git a/src/cmd/dist/test.go b/src/cmd/dist/test.go
index 5f8afd0cb3..2cc4610595 100644
--- a/src/cmd/dist/test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/dist/test.go
@@ -277,6 +277,11 @@ func (t *tester) registerStdTest(pkg string) {
 
 // TODO: Remove when SSA codegen is used by default.
 func (t *tester) registerSSATest(pkg string) {
+	switch pkg {
+	// known failures
+	case "runtime":
+		return
+	}
 	t.tests = append(t.tests, distTest{
 		name:    "go_test_ssa:" + pkg,
 		heading: "Testing packages with SSA codegen.",