diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/io/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/auto/corelib/io/CMakeLists.txt
index 18fc2bf375e..cf014b2b1f0 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/io/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/io/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,12 @@ if(TARGET Qt::Network)
     add_subdirectory(qiodevice)
 endif()
 if(QT_FEATURE_process AND TARGET Qt::Network AND NOT ANDROID)
-    add_subdirectory(qprocess)
+    # special case begin
+    # QTBUG-85287: Hangs on qemu armv7 config
+    if(NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
+        add_subdirectory(qprocess)
+    endif()
+    # special case end
 endif()
 if(QT_FEATURE_process)
     add_subdirectory(qprocess-noapplication)