diff --git a/test/standalone/self_exe_symlink/build.zig b/test/standalone/self_exe_symlink/build.zig
index 061dd69f34623dc05f531b97905c60bb8498ae0e..1a0c8f054204d687eeeba736863c68363518e92b 100644
--- a/test/standalone/self_exe_symlink/build.zig
+++ b/test/standalone/self_exe_symlink/build.zig
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     const optimize: std.builtin.OptimizeMode = .Debug;
     const target = b.graph.host;
 
+    if (target.result.os.tag == .netbsd) return; // https://codeberg.org/ziglang/zig/issues/30841
     if (target.result.os.tag == .openbsd) return; // realpath not supported
 
     const main = b.addExecutable(.{