diff --git a/t/t7900-maintenance.sh b/t/t7900-maintenance.sh
index 4008e4e45e622e..86bc77e73ffcb2 100755
--- a/t/t7900-maintenance.sh
+++ b/t/t7900-maintenance.sh
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ test_expect_success !MINGW 'register and unregister with regex metacharacters' '
 		maintenance.repo "$(pwd)/$META"
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'start without GIT_TEST_MAINT_SCHEDULER' '
+test_expect_success !MINGW,!DARWIN 'start without GIT_TEST_MAINT_SCHEDULER' '
 	test_when_finished "rm -rf crontab.log script repo" &&
 	mkdir script &&
 	write_script script/crontab <<-EOF &&
diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index b1a8ee5c002b35..f12f3a76093375 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -1715,6 +1715,12 @@ case $uname_s in
 	test_set_prereq GREP_STRIPS_CR
 	test_set_prereq WINDOWS
 	;;
+*Darwin*)
+	test_set_prereq POSIXPERM
+	test_set_prereq BSLASHPSPEC
+	test_set_prereq EXECKEEPSPID
+	test_set_prereq DARWIN
+	;;
 *)
 	test_set_prereq POSIXPERM
 	test_set_prereq BSLASHPSPEC