diff --git a/test/disabled/test-child-process-uid-gid.js b/test/disabled/test-child-process-uid-gid.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 90708bc2ca4016..00000000000000
--- a/test/disabled/test-child-process-uid-gid.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-var common = require('../common');
-var assert = require('assert');
-var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
-var fs = require('fs');
-
-var myUid = process.getuid();
-var myGid = process.getgid();
-
-if (myUid != 0) {
-  console.error('must be run as root, otherwise the gid/uid setting will' +
-                ' fail.');
-  process.exit(1);
-}
-
-// get a different user.
-// don't care who it is, as long as it's not root
-var passwd = fs.readFileSync('/etc/passwd', 'utf8');
-passwd = passwd.trim().split(/\n/);
-
-for (var i = 0, l = passwd.length; i < l; i++) {
-  if (passwd[i].charAt(0) === '#') continue;
-  passwd[i] = passwd[i].split(':');
-  var otherName = passwd[i][0];
-  var otherUid = +passwd[i][2];
-  var otherGid = +passwd[i][3];
-  if (otherUid && otherUid !== myUid &&
-      otherGid && otherGid !== myGid &&
-      otherUid > 0) {
-    break;
-  }
-}
-if (!otherUid && !otherGid) throw new Error('failed getting passwd info.');
-
-console.error('name, id, gid = %j', [otherName, otherUid, otherGid]);
-
-var whoNumber = spawn('id', [], { uid: otherUid, gid: otherGid });
-var whoName = spawn('id', [], { uid: otherName, gid: otherGid });
-
-whoNumber.stdout.buf = 'byNumber:';
-whoName.stdout.buf = 'byName:';
-whoNumber.stdout.on('data', onData);
-whoName.stdout.on('data', onData);
-function onData(c) { this.buf += c; }
-
-whoNumber.on('exit', onExit);
-whoName.on('exit', onExit);
-
-function onExit(code) {
-  var buf = this.stdout.buf;
-  console.log(buf);
-  var expr = new RegExp('^(byName|byNumber):uid=' +
-                        otherUid +
-                        '\\(' +
-                        otherName +
-                        '\\) gid=' +
-                        otherGid +
-                        '\\(');
-  assert.ok(buf.match(expr), 'uid and gid should match ' + otherName);
-}
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-child-process-uid-gid.js b/test/parallel/test-child-process-uid-gid.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..220cae633e112f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-child-process-uid-gid.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+
+const expectedError = common.isWindows ? /\bENOTSUP\b/ : /\bEPERM\b/;
+
+assert.throws(() => {
+  spawn('echo', ['fhqwhgads'], {uid: 0});
+}, expectedError);
+
+assert.throws(() => {
+  spawn('echo', ['fhqwhgads'], {gid: 0});
+}, expectedError);