diff --git a/tests/Mono.Android-Tests/Mono.Android-Tests/System.Net/ProxyTest.cs b/tests/Mono.Android-Tests/Mono.Android-Tests/System.Net/ProxyTest.cs
index a46f56f70f0..10fb4158ed8 100644
--- a/tests/Mono.Android-Tests/Mono.Android-Tests/System.Net/ProxyTest.cs
+++ b/tests/Mono.Android-Tests/Mono.Android-Tests/System.Net/ProxyTest.cs
@@ -13,20 +13,27 @@ public class ProxyTest {
 		[Test]
 		public void QuoteInvalidQuoteUrlsShouldWork ()
 		{
-			string url      = "http://www.msftconnecttest.com/connecttest.txt?query&foo|bar";
-			var request     = (HttpWebRequest) WebRequest.Create (url);
-			request.Method  = "GET";
-			var response    = (HttpWebResponse) request.GetResponse ();
-			int len = 0;
-			using (var _r = new StreamReader (response.GetResponseStream ())) {
-				char[] buf = new char [4096];
-				int n;
-				while ((n = _r.Read (buf, 0, buf.Length)) > 0) {
-					/* ignore; we just want to make sure we can read */
-					len += n;
+			try {
+				string url      = "http://www.msftconnecttest.com/connecttest.txt?query&foo|bar";
+				var request     = (HttpWebRequest) WebRequest.Create (url);
+				request.Method  = "GET";
+				var response    = (HttpWebResponse) request.GetResponse ();
+				int len = 0;
+				using (var _r = new StreamReader (response.GetResponseStream ())) {
+					char[] buf = new char [4096];
+					int n;
+					while ((n = _r.Read (buf, 0, buf.Length)) > 0) {
+						/* ignore; we just want to make sure we can read */
+						len += n;
+					}
 				}
+				Assert.IsTrue (len > 0);
+			} catch (WebException ex) when (
+				ex.Status == WebExceptionStatus.ConnectFailure ||
+				ex.Status == WebExceptionStatus.NameResolutionFailure ||
+				ex.Status == WebExceptionStatus.Timeout) {
+				Assert.Ignore ($"Ignoring network failure: {ex.Message}");
 			}
-			Assert.IsTrue (len > 0);
 		}
 	}
 }