diff -r 23d0cae3f8a1 Lib/test/test_socket.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py	Tue Nov 17 08:28:07 2015 -0800
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py	Wed Nov 18 10:10:42 2015 -0600
@@ -2809,6 +2809,7 @@
             nbytes = self.sendmsgToServer([msg])
         self.assertEqual(nbytes, len(msg))
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == "darwin", "skipping, see issue #24725")
     def testFDPassEmpty(self):
         # Try to pass an empty FD array.  Can receive either no array
         # or an empty array.