diff --git a/pandas/tests/test_downstream.py b/pandas/tests/test_downstream.py
index ce7c7a634f5a9..ce1e396ad92ac 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/test_downstream.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/test_downstream.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 
+from pandas.compat import is_platform_mac
 import pandas.util._test_decorators as td
 
 import pandas as pd
@@ -196,6 +197,13 @@ def test_pandas_datareader():
 
 # importing from pandas, Cython import warning
 @pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore:can't resolve:ImportWarning")
+@pytest.mark.xfail(
+    is_platform_mac(),
+    raises=ImportError,
+    reason="ImportError: the 'read_file' function requires the 'fiona' package, "
+    "but it is not installed or does not import correctly",
+    strict=False,
+)
 def test_geopandas():
 
     geopandas = import_module("geopandas")