diff --git a/tests/python/pants_test/pantsd/test_pantsd_integration.py b/tests/python/pants_test/pantsd/test_pantsd_integration.py
index b08f163c016..fdd06bda6ce 100644
--- a/tests/python/pants_test/pantsd/test_pantsd_integration.py
+++ b/tests/python/pants_test/pantsd/test_pantsd_integration.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import os
 import re
 import signal
+import sys
 import threading
 import time
 import unittest
@@ -400,6 +401,9 @@ def test_pantsd_pid_change(self):
       # Remove the pidfile so that the teardown script doesn't try to kill process 9.
       os.unlink(pidpath)
 
+  @unittest.skipIf(sys.version_info[0] == 2,
+                   reason='Increases by ~0.52 under python 2 as described in '
+                          'https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/issues/7761.')
   def test_pantsd_memory_usage(self):
     """Validates that after N runs, memory usage has increased by no more than X percent."""
     number_of_runs = 10