diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/recovery/RelocationIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/recovery/RelocationIT.java
index 16217c380e7..b8b855162e0 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/recovery/RelocationIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/recovery/RelocationIT.java
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ public class RelocationIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     }
 
     @Test
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/13542")
     public void testMoveShardsWhileRelocation() throws Exception {
         final String indexName = "test";