diff --git a/test/syscalls/linux/clock_gettime.cc b/test/syscalls/linux/clock_gettime.cc
index 082ae1c39..4c8ca1088 100644
--- a/test/syscalls/linux/clock_gettime.cc
+++ b/test/syscalls/linux/clock_gettime.cc
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ void spin_ns(int64_t ns) {
 
 // Test that CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID is a superset of CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID.
 TEST(ClockGettime, CputimeId) {
+  // TODO(b/128871825,golang.org/issue/10958): Test times out when there is a
+  // single core because one goroutine starves the others.
+  SKIP_IF(std::thread::hardware_concurrency() == 1);
+
   constexpr int kNumThreads = 13;  // arbitrary
 
   absl::Duration spin_time = absl::Seconds(1);