diff --git a/test/ruby/test_file_exhaustive.rb b/test/ruby/test_file_exhaustive.rb
index 35bbed4e61..2987910c32 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_file_exhaustive.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_file_exhaustive.rb
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class TestFileExhaustive < Test::Unit::TestCase
     @symlinkfile = make_tmp_filename("symlinkfile")
     begin
       File.symlink(regular_file, @symlinkfile)
-    rescue NotImplementedError, Errno::EACCES
+    rescue NotImplementedError, Errno::EACCES, Errno::EPERM
       @symlinkfile = nil
     end
     @symlinkfile