diff --git a/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_init.py b/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_init.py
index 6b8484c0d5f197..3a12dfe2c74d5d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_init.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_init.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import contextlib
 import logging
+import multiprocessing
 import queue
 import time
 import unittest
@@ -144,6 +145,8 @@ def test_spawn(self):
         self._test(ProcessPoolSpawnFailingInitializerTest)
 
     @support.skip_if_sanitizer("TSAN doesn't support threads after fork", thread=True)
+    @unittest.skipUnless("forkserver" in multiprocessing.get_all_start_methods(),
+                         "forkserver start method is not available")
     def test_forkserver(self):
         self._test(ProcessPoolForkserverFailingInitializerTest)