diff --git a/pandas/tests/test_downstream.py b/pandas/tests/test_downstream.py
index 0f0abd8cd3400..6407bee49ad15 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/test_downstream.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/test_downstream.py
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ def test_pandas_datareader():
     pandas_datareader.get_data_google('AAPL')
 
 
+@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="install not working, gh-18780")
 def test_geopandas():
 
     geopandas = import_module('geopandas')  # noqa