diff --git a/tests/d_dumpe2fs_group_only/script b/tests/d_dumpe2fs_group_only/script
index 127502f5..50481f02 100644
--- a/tests/d_dumpe2fs_group_only/script
+++ b/tests/d_dumpe2fs_group_only/script
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+if [ $(uname -s) = "Darwin" ]; then
+	# creates a 4GB filesystem
+	echo "$test_name: $DESCRIPTION: skipped for HFS+ (no sparse files)"
+	return 0
+fi
+
 if test -x $DEBUGFS_EXE; then
 
 FSCK_OPT=-fy
diff --git a/tests/m_bigjournal/script b/tests/m_bigjournal/script
index 576d99ec..96ea082e 100644
--- a/tests/m_bigjournal/script
+++ b/tests/m_bigjournal/script
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ DUMPE2FS_IGNORE_80COL=1
 export DUMPE2FS_IGNORE_80COL
 MKE2FS_OPTS="-t ext4 -G 512 -N 1280 -J size=5000 -q -E lazy_journal_init,lazy_itable_init,nodiscard"
 if [ $(uname -s) = "Darwin" ]; then
+	# creates a 44GB filesystem
 	echo "$test_name: $DESCRIPTION: skipped for HFS+ (no sparse files)"
 	return 0
 fi
diff --git a/tests/m_hugefile/script b/tests/m_hugefile/script
index 72af8b8a..5619f64c 100644
--- a/tests/m_hugefile/script
+++ b/tests/m_hugefile/script
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ OUT=$test_name.log
 EXP=$test_dir/expect
 CONF=$TMPFILE.conf
 
+if [ $(uname -s) = "Darwin" ]; then
+	# creates a 4TB filesystem
+	echo "$test_name: $DESCRIPTION: skipped for HFS+ (no sparse files)"
+	return 0
+fi
+
 #gzip -d < $EXP.gz > $EXP
 
 cat > $CONF << ENDL
diff --git a/tests/t_iexpand_full/script b/tests/t_iexpand_full/script
index 779c66d7..f8565a74 100644
--- a/tests/t_iexpand_full/script
+++ b/tests/t_iexpand_full/script
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 if test -x $RESIZE2FS_EXE -a -x $DEBUGFS_EXE; then
 
+if [ $(uname -s) = "Darwin" ]; then
+	# creates a 3GB filesystem
+	echo "$test_name: $DESCRIPTION: skipped for HFS+ (no sparse files)"
+	return 0
+fi
+
 FSCK_OPT=-fn
 OUT=$test_name.log
 EXP=$test_dir/expect
diff --git a/tests/t_iexpand_mcsum/script b/tests/t_iexpand_mcsum/script
index 3057dbaa..4b584d37 100644
--- a/tests/t_iexpand_mcsum/script
+++ b/tests/t_iexpand_mcsum/script
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 if test -x $RESIZE2FS_EXE -a -x $DEBUGFS_EXE; then
+if [ $(uname -s) = "Darwin" ]; then
+	# creates a 3GB filesystem
+	echo "$test_name: $DESCRIPTION: skipped for HFS+ (no sparse files)"
+	return 0
+fi
 
 FSCK_OPT=-fn
 OUT=$test_name.log
diff --git a/tests/t_uninit_bg_rm/script b/tests/t_uninit_bg_rm/script
index cd397c5b..308ef255 100644
--- a/tests/t_uninit_bg_rm/script
+++ b/tests/t_uninit_bg_rm/script
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ OUT=$test_name.log
 FSCK_OPT=-yf
 EXP=$test_dir/expect
 
+if [ $(uname -s) = "Darwin" ]; then
+	# creates a 10GB filesystem
+	echo "$test_name: $DESCRIPTION: skipped for HFS+ (no sparse files)"
+	return 0
+fi
+
 cp /dev/null $TMPFILE
 rm -f $OUT.new