1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_io.rb b/test/ruby/test_io.rb
index 5b58fde878..2b82470b8c 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_io.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_io.rb
@@ -3555,6 +3555,10 @@ __END__
   end
 
   def test_select_exceptfds
+    if Etc.uname[:sysname] == 'SunOS' && Etc.uname[:release] == '5.11'
+      skip "Solaris 11 fails this"
+    end
+
     TCPServer.open('localhost', 0) do |svr|
       con = TCPSocket.new('localhost', svr.addr[1])
       acc = svr.accept