diff --git a/icuSources/test/cintltst/cmsgtst.c b/icuSources/test/cintltst/cmsgtst.c
index cb328707..1073e6c1 100644
--- a/icuSources/test/cintltst/cmsgtst.c
+++ b/icuSources/test/cintltst/cmsgtst.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static void MessageFormatTest( void )
                         austrdup(result), austrdup(testResultStrings[i]) );
                 }
 
-#if (U_PLATFORM == U_PF_LINUX) /* add platforms here .. */
+#if (U_PLATFORM == U_PF_LINUX || U_PLATFORM == U_PF_DARWIN) /* add platforms here .. */
                 log_verbose("Skipping potentially crashing test for mismatched varargs.\n");
 #else
                 log_verbose("Note: the next is a platform dependent test. If it crashes, add an exclusion for your platform near %s:%d\n", __FILE__, __LINE__);