diff --git a/tests/sockettest.c b/tests/sockettest.c
index 859f02e51ee79fc51c2adc271927cf3fc8d993c7..2b21352c1334df11ff9adbe7f4fdf66c8e9269ca 100644
--- a/tests/sockettest.c
+++ b/tests/sockettest.c
@@ -465,7 +465,11 @@ mymain(void)
 
     DO_TEST_LOCALHOST("127.0.0.1", true);
     DO_TEST_LOCALHOST("2130706433", true);
+
+    /* Octal IPv4 doesn't work in getaddrinfo on macOS */
+#ifndef __APPLE__
     DO_TEST_LOCALHOST("0177.0.0.01", true);
+#endif
     DO_TEST_LOCALHOST("::1", true);
     DO_TEST_LOCALHOST("0::1", true);
     DO_TEST_LOCALHOST("0:0:0::1", true);