diff --git a/test/sun/jvmstat/monitor/MonitoredVm/MonitorVmStartTerminate.sh b/test/sun/jvmstat/monitor/MonitoredVm/MonitorVmStartTerminate.sh
index 917f1c228334d9574cbf235425e98819834162bd..49d5f44be71070aaa75060a5ccf3d27410fe73d4 100644
--- a/test/sun/jvmstat/monitor/MonitoredVm/MonitorVmStartTerminate.sh
+++ b/test/sun/jvmstat/monitor/MonitoredVm/MonitorVmStartTerminate.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 #
 # @test
+# @ignore until 6543856 is fixed
 # @bug 4990825
 # @summary attach to external but local JVM processes
 # @library ../../testlibrary