diff --git a/apis/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/integration/FilesystemContainerIntegrationTest.java b/apis/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/integration/FilesystemContainerIntegrationTest.java
index 4b6cd03523..bf6c4ab35b 100644
--- a/apis/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/integration/FilesystemContainerIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/apis/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/integration/FilesystemContainerIntegrationTest.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.jclouds.blobstore.integration.internal.BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.integration.internal.BaseContainerIntegrationTest;
 import org.jclouds.filesystem.reference.FilesystemConstants;
 import org.jclouds.filesystem.utils.TestUtils;
+import org.testng.SkipException;
 import org.testng.annotations.DataProvider;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
@@ -155,6 +156,11 @@ public class FilesystemContainerIntegrationTest extends BaseContainerIntegration
       super.testListContainerMaxResults();
    }
 
+   @Override
+   public void testDirectory() {
+      throw new SkipException("There is no notion of marker blobs in the file system blob store");
+   }
+
    @DataProvider
    public Object[][] ignoreOnMacOSX() {
       return org.jclouds.utils.TestUtils.isMacOSX() ? TestUtils.NO_INVOCATIONS