diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index eba3c6d157..6164dc6d38 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -317,7 +317,10 @@ (define-public findutils
                      (substitute* '("tests/xargs/verbose-quote.sh"
                                     "tests/find/exec-plus-last-file.sh")
                        (("#!/bin/sh")
-                        (string-append "#!" (which "sh")))))))))
+                        (string-append "#!" (which "sh")))))))
+      #:make-flags ,(if (hurd-target?)
+                        ''("XFAIL_TESTS=test-perror2")
+                        ''())))
    (synopsis "Operating on files matching given criteria")
    (description
     "Findutils supplies the basic file directory searching utilities of the
diff --git a/gnu/packages/commencement.scm b/gnu/packages/commencement.scm
index 60b06c0901..2062e7c1dc 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/commencement.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/commencement.scm
@@ -2526,7 +2526,9 @@ (define findutils-boot0
                            (substitute* "gnulib-tests/Makefile"
                              (("^XFAIL_TESTS =")
                               "XFAIL_TESTS = test-fnmatch ")))))
-                     '()))))))))
+                     '())))
+           ((#:make-flags flags ''())
+            ''()))))))
 
 (define file
   (package