diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/AbstractSimpleTransportTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/AbstractSimpleTransportTests.java
index cf70f6ad2f3..11123658665 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/AbstractSimpleTransportTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/AbstractSimpleTransportTests.java
@@ -575,6 +575,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSimpleTransportTests extends ElasticsearchTestCase
 
     @Test
     @TestLogging(value = "test. transport.tracer:TRACE")
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "@spinscale is looking into failures: http://build-us-00.elastic.co/job/es_core_master_strong/3986/")
     public void testTracerLog() throws InterruptedException {
         TransportRequestHandler handler = new TransportRequestHandler<StringMessageRequest>() {
             @Override