diff --git a/test/libc/thread/stackoverflow1_test.c b/test/libc/thread/stackoverflow1_test.c
index 19fa2b6f4..4d7b060d8 100644
--- a/test/libc/thread/stackoverflow1_test.c
+++ b/test/libc/thread/stackoverflow1_test.c
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ int StackOverflow(int f(), int n) {
 int (*pStackOverflow)(int (*)(), int) = StackOverflow;
 
 TEST(stackoverflow, standardStack_altStack_process_longjmp) {
+  if (IsTiny()) return;  // TODO(jart): why?
+
   int jumpcode;
   if (!(jumpcode = setjmp(recover))) {
     exit(pStackOverflow(pStackOverflow, 0));