diff --git a/src/cmd/dist/test.go b/src/cmd/dist/test.go
index a3c565967fced..27341f2069376 100644
--- a/src/cmd/dist/test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/dist/test.go
@@ -1016,7 +1016,8 @@ func (t *tester) raceTest(dt *distTest) error {
 	// The race builder should catch any error here, but doesn't.
 	// TODO(iant): Figure out how to catch this.
 	// t.addCmd(dt, "src", "go", "test", "-race", "-run=TestParallelTest", "cmd/go")
-	if t.cgoEnabled {
+	// TODO: Remove t.goos != "darwin" when issue 17065 is fixed.
+	if t.cgoEnabled && t.goos != "darwin" {
 		env := mergeEnvLists([]string{"GOTRACEBACK=2"}, os.Environ())
 		cmd := t.addCmd(dt, "misc/cgo/test", "go", "test", "-race", "-short", t.runFlag(""))
 		cmd.Env = env