diff --git a/spec/tags/19/ruby/core/kernel/spawn_tags.txt b/spec/tags/19/ruby/core/kernel/spawn_tags.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63839e7d24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/tags/19/ruby/core/kernel/spawn_tags.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+fails:Kernel#spawn closes file descriptors >= 3 in the child process
+fails:Kernel.spawn closes file descriptors >= 3 in the child process
diff --git a/spec/tags/19/ruby/core/process/spawn_tags.txt b/spec/tags/19/ruby/core/process/spawn_tags.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac6ab8d91a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/tags/19/ruby/core/process/spawn_tags.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fails:Process.spawn closes file descriptors >= 3 in the child process