diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 1d718bf228..fa5d3f5c54 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -2845,6 +2845,24 @@ and is very extensible.")
          (add-before 'check 'set-HOME
            ;; some tests require access to "$HOME/.cython"
            (lambda _ (setenv "HOME" "/tmp") #t))
+
+         ;; FIXME: These tests started failing on armhf after the 0.28 update
+         ;; (commit c69d11c5930), both with an error such as this:
+         ;;  compiling (cpp) and running dictcomp ...
+         ;;  === C/C++ compiler error output: ===
+         ;;  ‘
+         ;;  dictcomp.cpp:5221: confused by earlier errors, bailing out
+         ;; See <https://hydra.gnu.org/build/2948724> for logs.
+         ,@(if (target-arm32?)
+               `((add-before 'check 'disable-failing-tests
+                  (lambda _
+                    (let ((disabled-tests (open-file "tests/bugs.txt" "a")))
+                      (for-each (lambda (test)
+                                  (format disabled-tests "~a\n" test))
+                                '("memslice" "dictcomp"))
+                      (close-port disabled-tests)))))
+               '())
+
          (replace 'check
            (lambda _ (invoke "python" "runtests.py" "-vv"))))))
     (home-page "http://cython.org/")