diff --git a/src/test/ui/non-ice-error-on-worker-io-fail.rs b/src/test/ui/non-ice-error-on-worker-io-fail.rs
index deffb2969b60..8af17742850d 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/non-ice-error-on-worker-io-fail.rs
+++ b/src/test/ui/non-ice-error-on-worker-io-fail.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 // ignore-windows - this is a unix-specific test
 // ignore-emscripten - the file-system issues do not replicate here
 // ignore-wasm - the file-system issues do not replicate here
+// ignore-arm - the file-system issues do not replicate here, at least on armhf-gnu
 
 #![crate_type="lib"]