diff --git a/test/test_doctest_wrapper.py b/test/test_doctest_wrapper.py
index a2ae70743..56ed40cac 100644
--- a/test/test_doctest_wrapper.py
+++ b/test/test_doctest_wrapper.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import doctest
 import os
 import platform
+import sys
 
 import pyproj
 
@@ -25,12 +26,16 @@ def test_doctests():
         + failure_count_geod
         + failure_count_transform
     )
-    # shapely wheels not on windows, so allow failures there
+    # Missing shapely wheels for Windows, non x86_64 platforms, and python 3.8
     expected_failure_count = 0
     try:
         import shapely  # noqa
     except ImportError:
-        if os.name == "nt" or platform.uname()[4] != "x86_64":
+        if (
+            os.name == "nt"
+            or platform.uname()[4] != "x86_64"
+            or (sys.version_info.major, sys.version_info.minor) >= (3, 8)
+        ):
             expected_failure_count = 6
 
     # if the below line fails, doctests have failed
diff --git a/test/test_geod.py b/test/test_geod.py
index bc54d1e22..f4b7c0e08 100644
--- a/test/test_geod.py
+++ b/test/test_geod.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import pickle
 import platform
 import shutil
+import sys
 import tempfile
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 
@@ -28,8 +29,13 @@
 
 
 skip_shapely = pytest.mark.skipif(
-    not SHAPELY_LOADED and (os.name == "nt" or platform.uname()[4] != "x86_64"),
-    reason="Missing shapely wheels for Windows.",
+    not SHAPELY_LOADED
+    and (
+        os.name == "nt"
+        or platform.uname()[4] != "x86_64"
+        or (sys.version_info.major, sys.version_info.minor) >= (3, 8)
+    ),
+    reason="Missing shapely wheels for Windows, non x86_64 platforms, and python 3.8.",
 )