diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_test.go b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_test.go
index 8195ecaf7a84..2b0112874c7c 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_test.go
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_test.go
@@ -499,6 +499,8 @@ func getExpectedScrapeFailures(nameError, exeError, timeError, memError, diskErr
 }
 
 func TestScrapeMetrics_MuteProcessNameError(t *testing.T) {
+	skipTestOnUnsupportedOS(t)
+
 	processNameError := errors.New("err1")
 
 	type testCase struct {