diff --git a/test_path.py b/test_path.py
index 2a7ddb8..cc7a58f 100644
--- a/test_path.py
+++ b/test_path.py
@@ -420,6 +420,10 @@ class TestScratchDir:
         platform.system() == 'Windows' and path.PY3,
         reason="Can't write latin characters. See #133",
     )
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(
+        path.PY2,
+        reason="Broken on python 2.7",
+    )
     def test_listdir_other_encoding(self, tmpdir):
         """
         Some filesystems allow non-character sequences in path names.