diff --git a/tpl/tplimpl/template_funcs_test.go b/tpl/tplimpl/template_funcs_test.go
index f1ab3d659..2c3cc541a 100644
--- a/tpl/tplimpl/template_funcs_test.go
+++ b/tpl/tplimpl/template_funcs_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ package tplimpl_test
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestTemplateFuncsExamples(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOARCH == "s390x" {
+		t.Skip("Skip on s390x, see https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/13204")
+	}
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	files := `