diff --git a/test/node-api/test_fatal/test_threads.js b/test/node-api/test_fatal/test_threads.js
index fd56f60cbe832f..6f6dc772d18252 100644
--- a/test/node-api/test_fatal/test_threads.js
+++ b/test/node-api/test_fatal/test_threads.js
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ const assert = require('assert');
 const child_process = require('child_process');
 const test_fatal = require(`./build/${common.buildType}/test_fatal`);
 
+if (common.buildType === 'Debug')
+  common.skip('as this will currently fail with a Debug check ' +
+              'in v8::Isolate::GetCurrent()');
+
 // Test in a child process because the test code will trigger a fatal error
 // that crashes the process.
 if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {