diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/cmsgtst.c b/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/cmsgtst.c
index b163b0b2994..2ff3fbd486b 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/cmsgtst.c
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/cmsgtst.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ static void MessageFormatTest( void )
                         austrdup(result), austrdup(testResultStrings[i]) );
                 }
 
-#if U_PLATFORM_IS_DARWIN_BASED  /* add platforms here .. */
+#if U_PLATFORM_IS_DARWIN_BASED || (U_PLATFORM == U_PF_LINUX) /* add platforms here .. */
                 log_verbose("Skipping potentially crashing test for mismatched varargs.\n");
 #else
                 log_verbose("Note: the next is a platform dependent test. If it crashes, add an exclusion for your platform near %s:%d\n", __FILE__, __LINE__);