diff --git a/test-suite/standalone/test-out-of-memory b/test-suite/standalone/test-out-of-memory
index 2216512..0ed6079 100755
--- a/test-suite/standalone/test-out-of-memory
+++ b/test-suite/standalone/test-out-of-memory
@@ -5,2 +5,5 @@ exec guile -q -s "$0" "$@"
 
+; Gentoo's sandbox does not handle OOM gracefully
+(exit 77)
+
 (unless (defined? 'setrlimit)