diff --git a/cli/tests/unit/stat_test.ts b/cli/tests/unit/stat_test.ts
index 092724395e..a7911b9c91 100644
--- a/cli/tests/unit/stat_test.ts
+++ b/cli/tests/unit/stat_test.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ unitTest({ perms: { read: true } }, function fstatSyncSuccess(): void {
   assert(fileInfo.size);
   assert(fileInfo.atime);
   assert(fileInfo.mtime);
-  assert(fileInfo.birthtime);
+  // The `birthtime` field is not available on Linux before kernel version 4.11.
+  assert(fileInfo.birthtime || Deno.build.os === "linux");
 
   Deno.close(file.rid);
 });
@@ -33,7 +34,8 @@ unitTest({ perms: { read: true } }, async function fstatSuccess(): Promise<
   assert(fileInfo.size);
   assert(fileInfo.atime);
   assert(fileInfo.mtime);
-  assert(fileInfo.birthtime);
+  // The `birthtime` field is not available on Linux before kernel version 4.11.
+  assert(fileInfo.birthtime || Deno.build.os === "linux");
 
   Deno.close(file.rid);
 });