diff --git a/test/mri/excludes/TestProcess.rb b/test/mri/excludes/TestProcess.rb
index 897a0aa886d..5aceadd8c09 100644
--- a/test/mri/excludes/TestProcess.rb
+++ b/test/mri/excludes/TestProcess.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 exclude :test_gid_sid_available?, "unimplemented"
 exclude :test_no_curdir, "out of memory error"
 exclude :test_popen_cloexec, "unsupported"
+exclude :test_popen_noshell, "fails on linux (Travis)"
 exclude :test_popen_wordsplit, "needs investigation"
 exclude :test_popen_wordsplit_beginning_and_trailing_spaces, "needs investigation"
 exclude :test_process_detach, "uses fork"