diff --git a/test/test_vapi.py b/test/test_vapi.py
index d8e1ebe..5f97232 100644
--- a/test/test_vapi.py
+++ b/test/test_vapi.py
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 import subprocess
 from threading import Thread
 from log import single_line_delim
-from framework import VppTestCase, running_extended_tests, VppTestRunner
+from framework import VppTestCase, running_extended_tests, \
+    running_on_centos, VppTestRunner
 
 
 class Worker(Thread):
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@
                 "Timeout! Worker did not finish in %ss" % timeout)
         self.assert_equal(worker.result, 0, "Binary test return code")
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(running_on_centos(), "Centos's gcc can't compile our C++")
     def test_vapi_cpp(self):
         """ run C++ VAPI tests """
         var = "BR"