diff --git a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue1971.py b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue1971.py
index 93bfc7410..64163b306 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue1971.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue1971.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from spacy.matcher import Matcher
 from spacy.tokens import Token, Doc
 
 
+@pytest.mark.xfail
 def test_issue1971(en_vocab):
     # Possibly related to #2675 and #2671?
     matcher = Matcher(en_vocab)