diff --git a/keystone/test.py b/keystone/test.py
index 45c54e63e9..77d7f7cdd5 100644
--- a/keystone/test.py
+++ b/keystone/test.py
@@ -350,6 +350,11 @@ def assertDictContainsSubset(self, dict1, dict2):
 
     @staticmethod
     def skip_if_no_ipv6():
+
+        # TODO(blk-u): lp 1176204. At this time, eventlet address resolution
+        # doesn't support IPv6. Once it does, remove the next line.
+        raise nose.exc.SkipTest("Eventlet doesn't support IPv6, lp 1176204")
+
         try:
             s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6)
         except socket.error as e: