diff --git a/srcpkgs/sed/template b/srcpkgs/sed/template
index b48a9f0c710..7f51260e5c6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sed/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sed/template
@@ -18,3 +18,11 @@ post_extract() {
 	sed -i 's|\(^doc/sed.1:\).*$|\1|' Makefile.in
 }
 
+pre_check() {
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+		*-musl* )
+			# Disable locale tests that fail on musl
+			sed -i '/test-localename$(EXEEXT)/d' gnulib-tests/Makefile
+			sed -i '/test-mbrtowc5.sh/d' gnulib-tests/Makefile ;;
+	esac
+}