diff --git a/tests/interactive.fish b/tests/interactive.fish
index 6a1228453..009cc0c6e 100644
--- a/tests/interactive.fish
+++ b/tests/interactive.fish
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ function test_pexpect_file
     if test "$exit_status" -eq 0
         set test_duration (delta $starttime)
         say green "ok ($test_duration $unit)"
+    else if test "$exit_status" -eq 127
+        say blue "SKIPPED"
+        set exit_status 0
     end
     return $exit_status
 end
diff --git a/tests/pexpects/bind.py b/tests/pexpects/bind.py
index 5178a4c6c..39d5d3fcd 100644
--- a/tests/pexpects/bind.py
+++ b/tests/pexpects/bind.py
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 from pexpect_helper import SpawnedProc
+import os
+import platform
+import sys
+
+# Skip on macOS on Github Actions because it's too resource-starved
+# and fails this a lot.
+#
+# Presumably we still have users on macOS that would notice binding errors
+if "GITHUB_WORKFLOW" in os.environ and platform.system() == "Darwin":
+    sys.exit(127)
 
 sp = SpawnedProc()
 send, sendline, sleep, expect_prompt, expect_re, expect_str = (