diff --git a/spacy/tests/test_pickles.py b/spacy/tests/test_pickles.py
index 4464b890e..2e7fc6bf7 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/test_pickles.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/test_pickles.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ def test_pickle_string_store():
     assert len(sstore) == len(unpickled)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.xfail
 def test_pickle_vocab():
     vocab = Vocab(lex_attr_getters={int(NORM): lambda string: string[:-1]})
     dog = vocab[u'dog']