diff --git a/tests/syscalls.scm b/tests/syscalls.scm
index 6acaa0b131..09aa228e8e 100644
--- a/tests/syscalls.scm
+++ b/tests/syscalls.scm
@@ -382,7 +382,11 @@ (define perform-container-tests?
      (member "lo" names))))
 
 (test-assert "network-interface-names"
-  (match (network-interface-names)
+  (match (remove (lambda (interface)
+                   ;; Ignore interface aliases since they don't show up in
+                   ;; (all-network-interface-names).
+                   (string-contains interface ":"))
+                 (network-interface-names))
     (((? string? names) ..1)
      (lset<= string=? names (all-network-interface-names)))))