diff -r c83ce2a1841c Lib/test/test_socket.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py	Fri Mar 07 12:29:24 2014 -0500
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py	Fri Mar 07 23:50:46 2014 +0100
@@ -862,6 +862,8 @@
             self.assertRaises(OverflowError, socket.htonl, k)
             self.assertRaises(OverflowError, socket.htons, k)
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(os.path.exists("/etc/services"),
+			 "test needs /etc/services")
     def testGetServBy(self):
         eq = self.assertEqual
         # Find one service that exists, then check all the related interfaces.