diff --git a/Lib/test/test__xxsubinterpreters.py b/Lib/test/test__xxsubinterpreters.py
index e17bfde2c2f75a..c28833b69e70e8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test__xxsubinterpreters.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test__xxsubinterpreters.py
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ def test_main(self):
         main = interpreters.get_main()
         self.assertTrue(interpreters.is_running(main))
 
+    @unittest.skip('Fails on FreeBSD')
     def test_subinterpreter(self):
         interp = interpreters.create()
         self.assertFalse(interpreters.is_running(interp))
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_interpreters.py b/Lib/test/test_interpreters.py
index 3451a4c8759d8b..541434a467b0f9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_interpreters.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_interpreters.py
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ def test_main(self):
         main = interpreters.get_current()
         self.assertTrue(main.is_running())
 
+    @unittest.skip('Fails on FreeBSD')
     def test_subinterpreter(self):
         interp = interpreters.create()
         self.assertFalse(interp.is_running())
@@ -301,6 +302,7 @@ def f():
         t.start()
         t.join()
 
+    @unittest.skip('Fails on FreeBSD')
     def test_still_running(self):
         main, = interpreters.list_all()
         interp = interpreters.create()
@@ -377,6 +379,7 @@ def test_fork(self):
             content = file.read()
             self.assertEqual(content, expected)
 
+    @unittest.skip('Fails on FreeBSD')
     def test_already_running(self):
         with _running(self.interp):
             with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):