t/run.perl | 6 +++++-

diff --git a/t/run.perl b/t/run.perl
index acd60ff519356de8013788510507aaaa402a30bc..f6eb0ad31410a905f90dafd70dc2e33ec5544298 100755
--- a/t/run.perl
+++ b/t/run.perl
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@
 key2sub($_) for @tests; # precache
 
 my ($for_destroy, $lei_env, $lei_daemon_pid, $owner_pid);
-if (!$ENV{TEST_LEI_DAEMON_PERSIST_DIR} &&
+
+# I get ECONNRESET from lei on FreeBSD 11.3 even with
+# kern.ipc.soacceptqueue=1073741823, so persistent lei-daemon in tests
+# is Linux-only for now:
+if ($^O eq 'linux' && !$ENV{TEST_LEI_DAEMON_PERSIST_DIR} &&
 		(PublicInbox::Spawn->can('recv_cmd4') ||
 			eval { require Socket::MsgHdr })) {
 	$lei_env = {};