diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/matrix/java/org/hibernate/test/hql/HQLTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/matrix/java/org/hibernate/test/hql/HQLTest.java
index 33c5ed1942..d10b166ce4 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/matrix/java/org/hibernate/test/hql/HQLTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/matrix/java/org/hibernate/test/hql/HQLTest.java
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ public class HQLTest extends QueryTranslatorTestCase {
     }
 
 	@Test
+	@SkipForDialect( Oracle8iDialect.class )
     public void testRowValueConstructorSyntaxInInListBeingTranslated() {
 		QueryTranslatorImpl translator = createNewQueryTranslator("from LineItem l where l.id in (?)");
 		assertInExist("'in' should be translated to 'and'", false, translator);