diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/DatafeedJobsIT.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/DatafeedJobsIT.java
index fe55243b1b5..79dd934d732 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/DatafeedJobsIT.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/DatafeedJobsIT.java
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ public class DatafeedJobsIT extends MlNativeAutodetectIntegTestCase {
         });
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl="https://github.com/elastic/x-pack-elasticsearch/issues/1536")
     public void testRealtime_multipleStopCalls() throws Exception {
         String jobId = "realtime-job-multiple-stop";
         final String datafeedId = jobId + "-datafeed";