diff --git a/Lib/test/datetimetester.py b/Lib/test/datetimetester.py
index d5de5e91a98..a1ed614cf0c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/datetimetester.py
+++ b/Lib/test/datetimetester.py
@@ -5780,6 +5780,8 @@ class ZoneInfoTest(unittest.TestCase):
     zonename = 'America/New_York'
 
     def setUp(self):
+        if sys.platform == "vxworks":
+            self.skipTest("Skipping zoneinfo tests on VxWorks")
         if sys.platform == "win32":
             self.skipTest("Skipping zoneinfo tests on Windows")
         try:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-05-17-16-50-02.bpo-31904.4a5ggm.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-05-17-16-50-02.bpo-31904.4a5ggm.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb7163b6a7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-05-17-16-50-02.bpo-31904.4a5ggm.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Port test_datetime to VxWorks: skip zoneinfo tests on VxWorks