diff --git a/test/behavior/struct.zig b/test/behavior/struct.zig
index a46605c424f04953f36d72a266e99479d25ab86f..aea67005f40724788daddd6423a9058ad389193c 100644
--- a/test/behavior/struct.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/struct.zig
@@ -1296,6 +1296,10 @@ test "loading a struct pointer perfoms a copy" {
 }
 
 test "packed struct aggregate init" {
+    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage1) {
+        // stage1 fails this test on mips
+        return error.SkipZigTest;
+    }
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_wasm) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_x86_64) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_c) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO