diff --git a/mysql-test/t/partition_open_files_limit.test b/mysql-test/t/partition_open_files_limit.test
index 92a9b18b573..e62ebd0ade7 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/partition_open_files_limit.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/partition_open_files_limit.test
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `t1`;
 --enable_warnings
 
+# On some platforms the lowest possible open_files_limit is too high...
+let $max_open_files_limit= `SELECT @@open_files_limit > 511`;
+if ($max_open_files_limit)
+{
+  skip Need open_files_limit to be lower than 512;
+}
+
 #
 --echo # Bug#46922: crash when adding partitions and open_files_limit is reached
 #