diff --git a/src/net/http/cgi/matryoshka_test.go b/src/net/http/cgi/matryoshka_test.go
index 244acf1e8c..bf28c5625b 100644
--- a/src/net/http/cgi/matryoshka_test.go
+++ b/src/net/http/cgi/matryoshka_test.go
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ import (
 // This test is a CGI host (testing host.go) that runs its own binary
 // as a child process testing the other half of CGI (child.go).
 func TestHostingOurselves(t *testing.T) {
-	if runtime.GOOS == "nacl" {
-		t.Skip("skipping on nacl")
+	if runtime.GOOS == "nacl" || (runtime.GOOS == "darwin" && runtime.GOARCH == "arm") {
+		t.Skipf("skipping on %s/%s", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
 	}
 
 	h := &Handler{
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ func (w *limitWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 // If there's an error copying the child's output to the parent, test
 // that we kill the child.
 func TestKillChildAfterCopyError(t *testing.T) {
-	if runtime.GOOS == "nacl" {
-		t.Skip("skipping on nacl")
+	if runtime.GOOS == "nacl" || (runtime.GOOS == "darwin" && runtime.GOARCH == "arm") {
+		t.Skipf("skipping on %s/%s", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
 	}
 
 	defer func() { testHookStartProcess = nil }()
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ func TestKillChildAfterCopyError(t *testing.T) {
 // Test that a child handler writing only headers works.
 // golang.org/issue/7196
 func TestChildOnlyHeaders(t *testing.T) {
-	if runtime.GOOS == "nacl" {
-		t.Skip("skipping on nacl")
+	if runtime.GOOS == "nacl" || (runtime.GOOS == "darwin" && runtime.GOARCH == "arm") {
+		t.Skipf("skipping on %s/%s", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
 	}
 
 	h := &Handler{