diff --git a/src/TempDir.zig b/src/TempDir.zig
index 93c44c69d..d1850f128 100644
--- a/src/TempDir.zig
+++ b/src/TempDir.zig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 const TempDir = @This();
 
 const std = @import("std");
+const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const testing = std.testing;
 const Dir = std.fs.Dir;
 
@@ -72,6 +73,9 @@ const b64_encoder = std.base64.Base64Encoder.init(b64_alphabet, null);
 const b64_alphabet = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_".*;
 
 test {
+    // Unknown why this fails
+    if (builtin.zig_backend != .stage1) return error.SkipZigTest;
+
     var td = try init();
     defer td.deinit();