diff --git a/src/syscall/exec_unix_test.go b/src/syscall/exec_unix_test.go
index 722534af789b1b..7f683195170966 100644
--- a/src/syscall/exec_unix_test.go
+++ b/src/syscall/exec_unix_test.go
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ func TestForeground(t *testing.T) {
 
 // TestExec is for issue #41702.
 func TestExec(t *testing.T) {
+	testenv.MustHaveExec(t)
 	cmd := exec.Command(os.Args[0], "-test.run=TestExecHelper")
 	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "GO_WANT_HELPER_PROCESS=2")
 	o, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()