diff --git a/Lib/test/regrtest.py b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
index 826ac607b5e..b5ae97b160a 100755
--- a/Lib/test/regrtest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
@@ -489,6 +489,7 @@ _expectations = {
         test_curses
         test_dbm
         test_dl
+        test_email_codecs
         test_fcntl
         test_fork1
         test_gdbm