diff --git a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_events.py b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_events.py
index 78b30b9b6c3224..d60262cca2e7f1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_events.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_events.py
@@ -2156,6 +2156,10 @@ def tearDown(self):
             super().tearDown()
 
         def test_get_event_loop_new_process(self):
+            # Issue bpo-32126: The multiprocessing module used by
+            # ProcessPoolExecutor is not functional when the
+            # multiprocessing.synchronize module cannot be imported.
+            support.import_module('multiprocessing.synchronize')
             async def main():
                 pool = concurrent.futures.ProcessPoolExecutor()
                 result = await self.loop.run_in_executor(
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2017-11-24-18-15-12.bpo-32126.PLmNLn.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2017-11-24-18-15-12.bpo-32126.PLmNLn.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b5ba9d574e35b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2017-11-24-18-15-12.bpo-32126.PLmNLn.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Skip test_get_event_loop_new_process in test.test_asyncio.test_events when
+sem_open() is not functional.