1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socket.py b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
index 67ff1beede..450aee1d43 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
@@ -1164,9 +1164,15 @@ class GeneralModuleTests(unittest.TestCase):
         # Issue #6697.
         self.assertRaises(UnicodeEncodeError, socket.getaddrinfo, 'localhost', '\uD800')
 
-        # Issue 17269
+        # Issue 17269: test workaround for OS X platform bug segfault
         if hasattr(socket, 'AI_NUMERICSERV'):
-            socket.getaddrinfo("localhost", None, 0, 0, 0, socket.AI_NUMERICSERV)
+            try:
+                # The arguments here are undefined and the call may succeed
+                # or fail.  All we care here is that it doesn't segfault.
+                socket.getaddrinfo("localhost", None, 0, 0, 0,
+                                   socket.AI_NUMERICSERV)
+            except socket.gaierror:
+                pass
 
     def test_getnameinfo(self):
         # only IP addresses are allowed