diff --git a/activemq-mqtt/pom.xml b/activemq-mqtt/pom.xml
index 9a3523a68e..f5e4f84011 100755
--- a/activemq-mqtt/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-mqtt/pom.xml
@@ -256,5 +256,27 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
+  <profiles>
+      <profile>
+          <id>activemq.tests.hpux.excludes</id>
+          <activation>
+              <os>
+                  <family>HP-UX</family>
+              </os>
+          </activation>
+          <build>
+              <plugins>
+                  <plugin>
+                      <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                      <configuration>
+                          <excludes combine.children="append">
+                              <exclude>**/MQTT**.*</exclude>
+                          </excludes>
+                      </configuration>
+                  </plugin>
+              </plugins>
+          </build>
+      </profile>
+  </profiles>
 
 </project>