diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-access.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-access.js
index d0f730f25e12dd..a4057dcb8352b6 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-access.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-access.js
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 // and the errors thrown from these APIs include the desired properties
 
 const common = require('../common');
+if (!common.isWindows && process.getuid() === 0)
+  common.skip('as this test should not be run as `root`');
+
 const assert = require('assert');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');