diff --git a/psutil/tests/__init__.py b/psutil/tests/__init__.py
index a7da8d237a..780443844f 100644
--- a/psutil/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/psutil/tests/__init__.py
@@ -87,16 +87,17 @@
     "HAS_IONICE", "HAS_MEMORY_MAPS", "HAS_PROC_CPU_NUM", "HAS_RLIMIT",
     "HAS_SENSORS_BATTERY", "HAS_BATTERY", "HAS_SENSORS_FANS",
     "HAS_SENSORS_TEMPERATURES", "HAS_MEMORY_FULL_INFO", "MACOS_11PLUS",
-    "MACOS_12PLUS",
+    "MACOS_12PLUS", "MACOS_ARM64",
     # subprocesses
     'pyrun', 'terminate', 'reap_children', 'spawn_testproc', 'spawn_zombie',
     'spawn_children_pair',
     # threads
     'ThreadTask'
     # test utils
-    'unittest', 'skip_on_access_denied', 'skip_on_not_implemented',
-    'retry_on_failure', 'TestMemoryLeak', 'PsutilTestCase',
-    'process_namespace', 'system_namespace', 'print_sysinfo',
+    'expectedFailureIf', 'unittest', 'skip_on_access_denied',
+    'skip_on_not_implemented', 'retry_on_failure', 'TestMemoryLeak',
+    'PsutilTestCase', 'process_namespace', 'system_namespace',
+    'print_sysinfo',
     # install utils
     'install_pip', 'install_test_deps',
     # fs utils
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@
 CI_TESTING = APPVEYOR or GITHUB_ACTIONS
 # are we a 64 bit process?
 IS_64BIT = sys.maxsize > 2 ** 32
+MACOS_ARM64 = MACOS and platform.machine() == 'arm64'
 
 
 @memoize
@@ -901,6 +903,18 @@ def subTest(self, *args, **kw):
 unittest.TestCase = TestCase
 
 
+def expectedFailureIf(condition):
+    """The test is marked as an expectedFailure if the condition is
+    satisfied.
+    """
+    def wrapper(func):
+        if condition:
+            return unittest.expectedFailure(func)
+        else:
+            return func
+    return wrapper
+
+
 class PsutilTestCase(TestCase):
     """Test class providing auto-cleanup wrappers on top of process
     test utilities.
diff --git a/psutil/tests/test_contracts.py b/psutil/tests/test_contracts.py
index d376a33853..f3e9e730db 100755
--- a/psutil/tests/test_contracts.py
+++ b/psutil/tests/test_contracts.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 from psutil.tests import HAS_NET_IO_COUNTERS
 from psutil.tests import HAS_SENSORS_FANS
 from psutil.tests import HAS_SENSORS_TEMPERATURES
+from psutil.tests import MACOS_ARM64
 from psutil.tests import PYPY
 from psutil.tests import SKIP_SYSCONS
 from psutil.tests import VALID_PROC_STATUSES
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@
 from psutil.tests import check_connection_ntuple
 from psutil.tests import create_sockets
 from psutil.tests import enum
+from psutil.tests import expectedFailureIf
 from psutil.tests import is_namedtuple
 from psutil.tests import kernel_version
 from psutil.tests import process_namespace
@@ -236,6 +238,7 @@ def test_cpu_count(self):
         self.assertIsInstance(psutil.cpu_count(), int)
 
     @unittest.skipIf(not HAS_CPU_FREQ, "not supported")
+    @expectedFailureIf(MACOS_ARM64)  # macOS arm64 not supported: issue #1892
     def test_cpu_freq(self):
         if psutil.cpu_freq() is None:
             raise self.skipTest("cpu_freq() returns None")
diff --git a/psutil/tests/test_memleaks.py b/psutil/tests/test_memleaks.py
index e507e837c2..d8f910efed 100755
--- a/psutil/tests/test_memleaks.py
+++ b/psutil/tests/test_memleaks.py
@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@
 from psutil.tests import HAS_SENSORS_BATTERY
 from psutil.tests import HAS_SENSORS_FANS
 from psutil.tests import HAS_SENSORS_TEMPERATURES
+from psutil.tests import MACOS_ARM64
 from psutil.tests import TestMemoryLeak
 from psutil.tests import create_sockets
+from psutil.tests import expectedFailureIf
 from psutil.tests import get_testfn
 from psutil.tests import process_namespace
 from psutil.tests import skip_on_access_denied
@@ -365,6 +367,7 @@ def test_cpu_stats(self):
 
     @fewtimes_if_linux()
     @unittest.skipIf(not HAS_CPU_FREQ, "not supported")
+    @expectedFailureIf(MACOS_ARM64)  # macOS arm64 not supported: issue #1892
     def test_cpu_freq(self):
         self.execute(psutil.cpu_freq)
 
diff --git a/psutil/tests/test_osx.py b/psutil/tests/test_osx.py
index d0f588ad6f..2af958a825 100755
--- a/psutil/tests/test_osx.py
+++ b/psutil/tests/test_osx.py
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@
 from psutil import MACOS
 from psutil import POSIX
 from psutil.tests import HAS_BATTERY
+from psutil.tests import MACOS_ARM64
 from psutil.tests import TOLERANCE_DISK_USAGE
 from psutil.tests import TOLERANCE_SYS_MEM
 from psutil.tests import PsutilTestCase
+from psutil.tests import expectedFailureIf
 from psutil.tests import retry_on_failure
 from psutil.tests import sh
 from psutil.tests import spawn_testproc
@@ -144,6 +146,7 @@ def test_cpu_count_cores(self):
         num = sysctl("sysctl hw.physicalcpu")
         self.assertEqual(num, psutil.cpu_count(logical=False))
 
+    @expectedFailureIf(MACOS_ARM64)  # macOS arm64 not supported: issue #1892
     def test_cpu_freq(self):
         freq = psutil.cpu_freq()
         self.assertEqual(
diff --git a/psutil/tests/test_system.py b/psutil/tests/test_system.py
index 753249bc33..721a0e8a62 100755
--- a/psutil/tests/test_system.py
+++ b/psutil/tests/test_system.py
@@ -45,11 +45,13 @@
 from psutil.tests import HAS_SENSORS_TEMPERATURES
 from psutil.tests import IS_64BIT
 from psutil.tests import MACOS_12PLUS
+from psutil.tests import MACOS_ARM64
 from psutil.tests import PYPY
 from psutil.tests import UNICODE_SUFFIX
 from psutil.tests import PsutilTestCase
 from psutil.tests import check_net_address
 from psutil.tests import enum
+from psutil.tests import expectedFailureIf
 from psutil.tests import mock
 from psutil.tests import retry_on_failure
 
@@ -512,6 +514,7 @@ def test_cpu_stats(self):
                 self.assertGreater(value, 0)
 
     @unittest.skipIf(not HAS_CPU_FREQ, "not supported")
+    @expectedFailureIf(MACOS_ARM64)  # macOS arm64 not supported: issue #1892
     def test_cpu_freq(self):
         def check_ls(ls):
             for nt in ls: