diff --git a/libcxx/test/std/thread/futures/futures.async/thread_create_failure.pass.cpp b/libcxx/test/std/thread/futures/futures.async/thread_create_failure.pass.cpp
index 9ac54a8738662..4e087fd4226d1 100644
--- a/libcxx/test/std/thread/futures/futures.async/thread_create_failure.pass.cpp
+++ b/libcxx/test/std/thread/futures/futures.async/thread_create_failure.pass.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 // XFAIL: target={{.+}}-apple-{{.*}}
 // XFAIL: freebsd
 
+// z/OS does not have mechanism to limit the number of threads
+// XFAIL: target={{.+}}-zos{{.*}}
+
 // This test makes sure that we fail gracefully in care the thread creation fails. This is only reliably possible on
 // systems that allow limiting the number of threads that can be created. See https://llvm.org/PR125428 for more details