diff --git a/Lib/test/test_genericpath.py b/Lib/test/test_genericpath.py
index af501cf0c76..765cbc1c103 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_genericpath.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_genericpath.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import unittest
 from test import test_support
 import os
 import genericpath
+import sys
 
 
 def safe_rmdir(dirname):
@@ -236,6 +237,9 @@ class CommonTest(GenericTest):
                 for path in (u'', u'fuu', u'f\xf9\xf9', u'/fuu', u'U:\\'):
                     self.assertIsInstance(abspath(path), unicode)
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == 'darwin',
+        "Mac OS X deny the creation of a directory with an invalid utf8 name")
+    def test_nonascii_abspath(self):
         # Test non-ASCII, non-UTF8 bytes in the path.
         with test_support.temp_cwd('\xe7w\xf0'):
             self.test_abspath()