diff --git a/srcpkgs/m4/template b/srcpkgs/m4/template
index 2498d9f6a02..a7f7c52139e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/m4/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/m4/template
@@ -13,3 +13,15 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=f2c1e86ca0a404ff281631bdc8377638992744b175afb806e25871a24a934e07
 
+pre_check() {
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+		*-musl* )
+			# Disable locale tests that fail on musl
+			sed -i '/test-localename$(EXEEXT)/d' tests/Makefile
+			sed -i '/test-mbrtowc5.sh/d' tests/Makefile
+
+			# Fails because test-localename doesn't work on musl
+			sed -i '/test-localeconv$(EXEEXT)/d' tests/Makefile
+			;;
+	esac
+}