diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
index 17292dc1abf73f..78c042b427b30f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
@@ -2186,6 +2186,8 @@ def test_is_fifo_false(self):
         self.assertIs((P / 'fileA\x00').is_fifo(), False)
 
     @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(os, "mkfifo"), "os.mkfifo() required")
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == "vxworks",
+                    "fifo requires special path on VxWorks")
     def test_is_fifo_true(self):
         P = self.cls(BASE, 'myfifo')
         try:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
index 890f2c7d406c24..df7fbedf24a7c2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
@@ -683,6 +683,8 @@ def custom_cpfun(a, b):
     # Issue #3002: copyfile and copytree block indefinitely on named pipes
     @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(os, "mkfifo"), 'requires os.mkfifo()')
     @os_helper.skip_unless_symlink
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == "vxworks",
+                    "fifo requires special path on VxWorks")
     def test_copytree_named_pipe(self):
         os.mkdir(TESTFN)
         try:
@@ -1206,6 +1208,8 @@ def test_dont_copy_file_onto_symlink_to_itself(self):
 
     # Issue #3002: copyfile and copytree block indefinitely on named pipes
     @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(os, "mkfifo"), 'requires os.mkfifo()')
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == "vxworks",
+                    "fifo requires special path on VxWorks")
     def test_copyfile_named_pipe(self):
         try:
             os.mkfifo(TESTFN)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-11-23-11-11-29.bpo-31904.V3sUZk.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-11-23-11-11-29.bpo-31904.V3sUZk.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7202cfa3f3f4c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-11-23-11-11-29.bpo-31904.V3sUZk.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+skip some tests related to fifo on VxWorks