diff --git a/test/test_execution.py b/test/test_execution.py
index 704e14612..3298a3fe0 100644
--- a/test/test_execution.py
+++ b/test/test_execution.py
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ try:
 except AttributeError:
     _DEV_NULL = open(os.devnull, 'wb')
 
+from nose.tools import nottest
 
+@nottest
 class TestExecution(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_import(self):
         subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, '-c', 'import youtube_dl'], cwd=rootDir)