diff --git a/Lib/test/test_import/__init__.py b/Lib/test/test_import/__init__.py
index bf2bf066cee..33df4fef0b2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_import/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_import/__init__.py
@@ -1186,6 +1186,7 @@ except ImportError as e:
                 self.assertRegex(line, rb"cannot import name 'Fraction' from 'fractions' \(.*\)")
 
     @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == 'win32', 'Cannot delete cwd on Windows')
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == 'sunos5', 'Cannot delete cwd on Solaris/Illumos')
     def test_script_shadowing_stdlib_cwd_failure(self):
         with os_helper.temp_dir() as tmp:
             subtmp = os.path.join(tmp, "subtmp")