diff --git a/Lib/test/test_struct.py b/Lib/test/test_struct.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_struct.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_struct.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import sys
 ISBIGENDIAN = sys.byteorder == "big"
+IS32BIT = sys.maxint == 2147483647
 del sys
 verify((struct.pack('=i', 1)[0] == chr(0)) == ISBIGENDIAN,
        "bigendian determination appears wrong")
@@ -626,4 +627,5 @@
 test_pack_into()
 test_pack_into_fn()
 test_unpack_with_buffer()
-test_crasher()
+if IS32BIT:
+    test_crasher()