diff --git a/Lib/test/test_fcntl.py b/Lib/test/test_fcntl.py
index e1ed88b5d1d..a1da0ddc8e9 100755
--- a/Lib/test/test_fcntl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_fcntl.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 if verbose:
     print 'Status from fnctl with O_NONBLOCK: ', rv
     
-if sys.platform in ('netbsd1',
+if sys.platform in ('netbsd1', 'Darwin1.2',
                     'freebsd2', 'freebsd3', 'freebsd4', 'freebsd5',
                     'bsdos2', 'bsdos3', 'bsdos4',
                     'openbsd', 'openbsd2'):