diff --git a/Lib/test/test_posixpath.py b/Lib/test/test_posixpath.py
index 5c27b7bee8f60e..238baed5efa264 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_posixpath.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_posixpath.py
@@ -663,6 +663,7 @@ def test_realpath_resolve_first(self):
     @os_helper.skip_unless_symlink
     @skip_if_ABSTFN_contains_backslash
     @unittest.skipIf(os.chmod not in os.supports_follow_symlinks, "Can't set symlink permissions")
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform != "darwin", "only macOS requires read permission to readlink()")
     def test_realpath_unreadable_symlink(self):
         try:
             os.symlink(ABSTFN+"1", ABSTFN)