diff --git a/contrib/netbsd-tests/lib/libm/t_precision.c b/contrib/netbsd-tests/lib/libm/t_precision.c
index df2d8a36e3f6..8a7da6e7c820 100644
--- a/contrib/netbsd-tests/lib/libm/t_precision.c
+++ b/contrib/netbsd-tests/lib/libm/t_precision.c
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ ATF_TC_BODY(t_precision, tc)
 
 ATF_TP_ADD_TCS(tp)
 {
+#ifdef	__FreeBSD__
+#ifdef	__i386__
+	atf_tc_expect_fail("the __HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE checks fail on i386");
+#endif
+#endif
 	ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tp, t_precision);
 
 	return atf_no_error();