diff --git a/test/sequential/test-worker-prof.js b/test/sequential/test-worker-prof.js
index f89ff962ff785d..e5a4b237731a02 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-worker-prof.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-worker-prof.js
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 'use strict';
 const common = require('../common');
+
+if (process.features.debug)
+  common.skip('cannot reliably test this in debug builds');
+
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const assert = require('assert');