diff --git a/Lib/test/test_locale.py b/Lib/test/test_locale.py
index b0d79985597..cde80a4eb51 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_locale.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_locale.py
@@ -353,6 +353,8 @@ class TestEnUSCollation(BaseLocalizedTest, TestCollation):
         is_emscripten or is_wasi,
         "musl libc issue on Emscripten/WASI, bpo-46390"
     )
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform.startswith("netbsd"),
+                     "gh-124108: NetBSD doesn't support UTF-8 for LC_COLLATE")
     def test_strcoll_with_diacritic(self):
         self.assertLess(locale.strcoll('à', 'b'), 0)
 
@@ -362,6 +364,8 @@ class TestEnUSCollation(BaseLocalizedTest, TestCollation):
         is_emscripten or is_wasi,
         "musl libc issue on Emscripten/WASI, bpo-46390"
     )
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform.startswith("netbsd"),
+                     "gh-124108: NetBSD doesn't support UTF-8 for LC_COLLATE")
     def test_strxfrm_with_diacritic(self):
         self.assertLess(locale.strxfrm('à'), locale.strxfrm('b'))