diff --git a/Lib/test/test_epoll.py b/Lib/test/test_epoll.py
index de8299eec36..7f9547ff959 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_epoll.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_epoll.py
@@ -75,8 +75,9 @@ def test_create(self):
         ep.close()
         self.assertTrue(ep.closed)
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, ep.fileno)
-        select.epoll(select.EPOLL_CLOEXEC).close()
-        self.assertRaises(OSError, select.epoll, flags=12356)
+        if hasattr(select, "EPOLL_CLOEXEC"):
+            select.epoll(select.EPOLL_CLOEXEC).close()
+            self.assertRaises(OSError, select.epoll, flags=12356)
 
     def test_badcreate(self):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, select.epoll, 1, 2, 3)