diff --git a/src/libstd/time.rs b/src/libstd/time.rs
index 8e7ffde65ec..520b7678848 100644
--- a/src/libstd/time.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/time.rs
@@ -1025,6 +1025,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
+    #[ignore(reason = "randomred")]
     fn test_strptime() {
         os::setenv(~"TZ", ~"America/Los_Angeles");
         tzset();