diff --git a/swarm/fuse/swarmfs_test.go b/swarm/fuse/swarmfs_test.go
index accf9b02b..ed2021c4e 100644
--- a/swarm/fuse/swarmfs_test.go
+++ b/swarm/fuse/swarmfs_test.go
@@ -1637,6 +1637,7 @@ func (ta *testAPI) appendFileContentsToEnd(t *testing.T, toEncrypt bool) {
 
 //run all the tests
 func TestFUSE(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Skip("disable fuse tests until they are stable")
 	//create a data directory for swarm
 	datadir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "fuse")
 	if err != nil {