diff --git a/Lib/test/test_typing.py b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
index a3f52b8934d094..9571d9529034cb 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_typing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 import weakref
 import types
 
-from test.support import import_helper, captured_stderr
+from test.support import import_helper, captured_stderr, cpython_only
 from test import mod_generics_cache
 from test import _typed_dict_helper
 
@@ -4635,6 +4635,7 @@ def blah():
 
         blah()
 
+    @cpython_only  # gh-98713
     def test_overload_on_compiled_functions(self):
         with patch("typing._overload_registry",
                    defaultdict(lambda: defaultdict(dict))):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2022-10-26-15-19-20.gh-issue-98713.Lnu32R.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2022-10-26-15-19-20.gh-issue-98713.Lnu32R.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..57e58943df4907
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2022-10-26-15-19-20.gh-issue-98713.Lnu32R.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix a bug in the :mod:`typing` tests where a test relying on CPython-specific
+implementation details was not decorated with ``@cpython_only`` and was not
+skipped on other implementations.