diff --git a/rubygem-gio2.spec b/rubygem-gio2.spec
index d2a50d1..f471e56 100644
--- a/rubygem-gio2.spec
+++ b/rubygem-gio2.spec
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ ln -sf /bin/true make
 export PATH=$(pwd):$PATH
 popd
 
+# omit this for now, already reported on
+# https://github.com/ruby-gnome2/ruby-gnome2/issues/591
+sed -i test/test-application-command-line.rb \
+	-e 's|omit_on_travis_ci|omit "issues #591"|'
+
 sed -i test/run-test.rb \
 	-e '\@exit Test::Unit::AutoRunner@s|,[ \t]*File\.join(.*"test")||'
 ruby -rubygems -Ilib:test:ext/%{gem_name} test/run-test.rb