diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
index 90fd78ed04c1..a89621e8fe5f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/coreutils/default.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # The test tends to fail on btrfs, f2fs and maybe other unusual filesystems.
     sed '2i echo Skipping dd sparse test && exit 77' -i ./tests/dd/sparse.sh
     sed '2i echo Skipping du threshold test && exit 77' -i ./tests/du/threshold.sh
+    sed '2i echo Skipping cp reflink-auto test && exit 77' -i ./tests/cp/reflink-auto.sh
     sed '2i echo Skipping cp sparse test && exit 77' -i ./tests/cp/sparse.sh
     sed '2i echo Skipping rm deep-2 test && exit 77' -i ./tests/rm/deep-2.sh
     sed '2i echo Skipping du long-from-unreadable test && exit 77' -i ./tests/du/long-from-unreadable.sh