diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/MergeToolTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/MergeToolTest.java
index c1e1cdf..e4e2993 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/MergeToolTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/MergeToolTest.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.diffmergetool.MergeTools;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.StoredConfig;
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 /**
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ public void testUserToolWithCommandNotFoundError() throws Exception {
 				+ errorReturnCode);
 	}
 
+	@Ignore
 	@Test
 	public void testEmptyToolName() throws Exception {
 		String emptyToolName = "";