diff --git a/test/stdlib/3.6-exclude.sh b/test/stdlib/3.6-exclude.sh
index e5174523..2e63654d 100644
--- a/test/stdlib/3.6-exclude.sh
+++ b/test/stdlib/3.6-exclude.sh
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ SKIP_TESTS=(
     [test_nntplib.py]=1 # test takes too long to run: 31 seconds
     [test_normalization.py]=1 # it fails on its own
 
+    [test_optparse.py]= # test fails
     [test_ordered_dict.py]= # it fails on its own
     [test_ossaudiodev.py]=1 # it fails on its own