diff --git a/src/pkg/go/build/deps_test.go b/src/pkg/go/build/deps_test.go
index 4bb03d5400..dd162c7db7 100644
--- a/src/pkg/go/build/deps_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/go/build/deps_test.go
@@ -392,6 +392,9 @@ func TestDependencies(t *testing.T) {
 				if allowedErrors[osPkg{ctxt.GOOS, pkg}] {
 					continue
 				}
+				if !ctxt.CgoEnabled && pkg == "runtime/cgo" {
+					continue
+				}
 				// Some of the combinations we try might not
 				// be reasonable (like arm,plan9,cgo), so ignore
 				// errors for the auto-generated combinations.