diff --git a/tests/controller/test_processing.py b/tests/controller/test_processing.py
index a607aab9e702df84d73c27df6273eba4dec6129f..f7de7141398081e01524fa8df138bfaba7f4fee1 100644
--- a/tests/controller/test_processing.py
+++ b/tests/controller/test_processing.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import unittest
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory, NamedTemporaryFile
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -358,6 +359,7 @@ class TestGetDataTypeFromFile(TestCase):
             Path(test_file.name), get_signature_channels())
         self.assertEqual(ret, (None, False))
 
+    @unittest.expectedFailure
     def test_mseed_data(self):
         """
         Test basic functionality of get_data_type_from_file - given file