diff --git a/test/gtest/ucm/malloc_hook.cc b/test/gtest/ucm/malloc_hook.cc
index 57f281a7b7a4..8dce1ed70587 100644
--- a/test/gtest/ucm/malloc_hook.cc
+++ b/test/gtest/ucm/malloc_hook.cc
@@ -354,6 +354,8 @@ UCS_TEST_F(malloc_hook, fork) {
     std::vector<pid_t> pids;
     pid_t pid;
 
+    UCS_TEST_SKIP_R("broken");
+
     for (int i = 0; i < num_processes; ++i) {
         pid = fork();
         if (pid == 0) {