diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_cwd_newline.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_cwd_newline.txt
index 574464cc18..127d24cc68 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_cwd_newline.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_cwd_newline.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [GOOS:windows] skip 'filesystem normalizes / to \'
 [GOOS:plan9] skip 'filesystem disallows \n in paths'
+[!cgo] skip 'testing cgo handling of newlines'
 
 # If the directory path containing a package to be built includes a newline,
 # the go command should refuse to even try to build the package.