diff --git a/tests/run-tests.py b/tests/run-tests.py
index fba011fb54..aed67cbac8 100755
--- a/tests/run-tests.py
+++ b/tests/run-tests.py
@@ -180,6 +180,9 @@ emitter_tests_to_skip = {
 # Tests to skip on specific targets.
 # These are tests that are difficult to detect that they should not be run on the given target.
 platform_tests_to_skip = {
+    "esp8266": (
+        "stress/list_sort.py",  # watchdog kicks in because it takes too long
+    ),
     "minimal": (
         "basics/class_inplace_op.py",  # all special methods not supported
         "basics/subclass_native_init.py",  # native subclassing corner cases not support