1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_support.py b/Lib/test/test_support.py
index 26b8e444b9..f4434595e8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_support.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_support.py
@@ -326,12 +326,11 @@ def _is_gui_available():
                 reason = "cannot run without OS X gui process"
 
     # check on every platform whether tkinter can actually do anything
-    # but skip the test on OS X because it can cause segfaults in Cocoa Tk
-    # when running regrtest with the -j option (multiple threads/subprocesses)
-    if (not reason) and (sys.platform != 'darwin'):
+    if not reason:
         try:
             from Tkinter import Tk
             root = Tk()
+            root.update()
             root.destroy()
         except Exception as e:
             err_string = str(e)