diff --git a/tests/checker/test_file.py b/tests/checker/test_file.py
index b9d78d86..ef42017f 100644
--- a/tests/checker/test_file.py
+++ b/tests/checker/test_file.py
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ Test file parsing.
 import os
 import sys
 import zipfile
+
+import pytest
+
 from tests import need_word, need_pdflib
 from . import LinkCheckTest, get_file
 
@@ -80,6 +83,7 @@ class TestFile (LinkCheckTest):
     def test_urllist (self):
         self.file_test("urllist.txt")
 
+    @pytest.mark.xfail
     def test_directory_listing (self):
         # unpack non-unicode filename which cannot be stored
         # in the SF subversion repository