diff --git a/test/addons/stringbytes-external-exceed-max/test-stringbytes-external-exceed-max.js b/test/addons/stringbytes-external-exceed-max/test-stringbytes-external-exceed-max.js
index d65144e04d457c..d6a442f7516c1f 100644
--- a/test/addons/stringbytes-external-exceed-max/test-stringbytes-external-exceed-max.js
+++ b/test/addons/stringbytes-external-exceed-max/test-stringbytes-external-exceed-max.js
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ const skipMessage = 'intensive toString tests due to memory confinements';
 if (!common.enoughTestMem)
   common.skip(skipMessage);
 
+// See https://github.com/nodejs/build/issues/1820#issuecomment-505998851
+// See https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28469
+if (process.platform === 'aix')
+  common.skip('flaky on AIX');
+
 const binding = require(`./build/${common.buildType}/binding`);
 
 // v8 fails silently if string length > v8::String::kMaxLength
diff --git a/test/message/message.status b/test/message/message.status
index 1a4a0e3adc2727..d7bd7f48c9faf8 100644
--- a/test/message/message.status
+++ b/test/message/message.status
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@ prefix message
 
 [$system==freebsd]
 
+[$system==aix]
+# https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28469
+vm_dont_display_syntax_error: SKIP
diff --git a/test/pseudo-tty/pseudo-tty.status b/test/pseudo-tty/pseudo-tty.status
index 7925290e05acf6..9917c08181df8a 100644
--- a/test/pseudo-tty/pseudo-tty.status
+++ b/test/pseudo-tty/pseudo-tty.status
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 prefix pseudo-tty
 
 [$system==aix]
+# https://github.com/nodejs/build/issues/1820#issuecomment-505998851
+# https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28469
+console-dumb-tty: SKIP
+test-fatal-error: SKIP
 
 [$system==solaris]
 # https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16225 - `ioctl(fd, TIOCGWINSZ)` seems