diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/052 b/tests/qemu-iotests/052
index 14a5126635616126f4e28bffe7411106d188fd12..49810cbeeb96172796bd2f3e117d7f61eaa5a57b 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/052
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/052
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
 _supported_fmt generic
 _supported_proto generic
 _supported_os Linux
+_unsupported_qemu_io_options --nocache
 
 
 size=128M