diff --git a/Lib/test/test_io.py b/Lib/test/test_io.py
index ad86301fcd2..935e7c9dbbd 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_io.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_io.py
@@ -3383,6 +3383,8 @@ class SignalsTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_interrupted_write_buffered(self):
         self.check_interrupted_write(b"xy", b"xy", mode="wb")
 
+    # Issue #22331: The test hangs on FreeBSD 7.2
+    @support.requires_freebsd_version(8)
     def test_interrupted_write_text(self):
         self.check_interrupted_write("xy", b"xy", mode="w", encoding="ascii")