diff --git a/providers/azureblob/src/test/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/blobstore/integration/AzureBlobIntegrationLiveTest.java b/providers/azureblob/src/test/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/blobstore/integration/AzureBlobIntegrationLiveTest.java
index e22bebd58a..c8bccbb239 100644
--- a/providers/azureblob/src/test/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/blobstore/integration/AzureBlobIntegrationLiveTest.java
+++ b/providers/azureblob/src/test/java/org/jclouds/azureblob/blobstore/integration/AzureBlobIntegrationLiveTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.Blob;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.integration.internal.BaseBlobIntegrationTest;
+import org.testng.SkipException;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 /**
@@ -39,6 +40,10 @@ public class AzureBlobIntegrationLiveTest extends BaseBlobIntegrationTest {
       // this currently fails
    }
 
+   public void testCreateBlobWithExpiry() throws InterruptedException {
+      throw new SkipException("Expires header unsupported: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/dd179404.aspx#Subheading3");
+   }
+
    @Override
    @Test(expectedExceptions = IllegalArgumentException.class)
    public void testPutObjectStream() throws InterruptedException, IOException, ExecutionException {