diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libarchive/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libarchive/package.nix
index 9469def9b188..8f9f756a2ee9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libarchive/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libarchive/package.nix
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
         #   bsdcpio: linkfile: large inode number truncated: Numerical result out of range
         "cpio/test/test_basic.c"
         "cpio/test/test_format_newc.c"
+      ]
+      ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isFreeBSD [
+        # Locales are broken while building FreeBSD stdenv
+        # Optimally they would be fixed, but it is challenging to debug.
+        "libarchive/test/test_archive_string_conversion.c"
       ];
       removeTest = testPath: ''
         substituteInPlace Makefile.am --replace-fail "${testPath}" ""