diff --git a/distutils/tests/test_sysconfig.py b/distutils/tests/test_sysconfig.py
index 66fb743e..e671f9e0 100644
--- a/distutils/tests/test_sysconfig.py
+++ b/distutils/tests/test_sysconfig.py
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ def test_get_config_h_filename(self):
 
     @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == 'win32',
                      'Makefile only exists on Unix like systems')
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.implementation.name != 'cpython',
+                     'Makefile only exists in CPython')
     def test_get_makefile_filename(self):
         makefile = sysconfig.get_makefile_filename()
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(makefile), makefile)