diff --git a/test/common/README.md b/test/common/README.md
index 08d7bbb762fbb4..c6f156b936f093 100644
--- a/test/common/README.md
+++ b/test/common/README.md
@@ -219,6 +219,11 @@ Platform check for Advanced Interactive eXecutive (AIX).
 
 Attempts to 'kill' `pid`
 
+### isAlpine
+* [<boolean>]
+
+Platform check for Alpine Linux.
+
 ### isFreeBSD
 * [<boolean>]
 
diff --git a/test/common/index.js b/test/common/index.js
index 95bb8dd804881f..186e970a302c1e 100644
--- a/test/common/index.js
+++ b/test/common/index.js
@@ -60,6 +60,18 @@ exports.isOpenBSD = process.platform === 'openbsd';
 exports.isLinux = process.platform === 'linux';
 exports.isOSX = process.platform === 'darwin';
 
+Object.defineProperty(exports, 'isAlpine', {
+  get: () => {
+    if (!exports.isLinux)
+      return false;
+    const lddVersion = spawnSync('ldd', ['--version'], { encoding: 'utf8' });
+    if (!lddVersion)
+      return false;
+    return !lddVersion.stdout.includes('LIBC');
+  },
+  enumerable: true
+});
+
 exports.enoughTestMem = os.totalmem() > 0x70000000; /* 1.75 Gb */
 const cpus = os.cpus();
 exports.enoughTestCpu = Array.isArray(cpus) &&
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-env-tz.js b/test/parallel/test-process-env-tz.js
index 7e077588d46e64..a0eddeffff09bc 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-env-tz.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-env-tz.js
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ if (common.isWindows)  // Using a different TZ format.
 if (common.isAIX || common.isSunOS)  // Reports 2018 CEST as CET.
   common.skip('tzdata too old');
 
+if (common.isAlpine)  // Reports UTC
+  common.skip('reports utc');
+
 const date = new Date('2018-04-14T12:34:56.789Z');
 
 process.env.TZ = 'Europe/Amsterdam';