diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py b/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py
index 36151b016ea35b..aeca62cf2564bc 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py
@@ -1594,6 +1594,7 @@ def test_unexpected_error(self):
             mock_close.assert_called()
             self.assertEqual(os.listdir(dir), [])
 
+        @os_helper.skip_unless_hardlink
         @unittest.skipUnless(tempfile._O_TMPFILE_WORKS, 'need os.O_TMPFILE')
         @unittest.skipUnless(os.path.exists('/proc/self/fd'),
                              'need /proc/self/fd')