diff --git a/tests/monotouch-test/CoreFoundation/ProxyTest.cs b/tests/monotouch-test/CoreFoundation/ProxyTest.cs
index 8d40043d0c19..5b497b11217b 100644
--- a/tests/monotouch-test/CoreFoundation/ProxyTest.cs
+++ b/tests/monotouch-test/CoreFoundation/ProxyTest.cs
@@ -100,7 +100,10 @@ public void Setup ()
 			});
 			listener_thread.IsBackground = true;
 			listener_thread.Start ();
-			Assert.IsTrue (listening.WaitOne (TimeSpan.FromSeconds (15)));
+			if (!listening.WaitOne (TimeSpan.FromSeconds (15))) {
+				TestRuntime.IgnoreInCI ("This fails on CI once in a while, so just ignore those.");
+				Assert.Fail ("Listener thread didn't finish in 15 seconds.");
+			}
 		}
 
 		[OneTimeTearDown]