diff --git a/Lib/test/test_nntplib.py b/Lib/test/test_nntplib.py
index 3e84f3429ee8546..d7642bc66ab3464 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_nntplib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_nntplib.py
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ def check_article_resp(self, resp, article, art_num=None):
         # XXX this could exceptionally happen...
         self.assertNotIn(article.lines[-1], (b".", b".\n", b".\r\n"))
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(True, "FIXME: see bpo-32128")
     def test_article_head_body(self):
         resp, count, first, last, name = self.server.group(self.GROUP_NAME)
         # Try to find an available article