diff --git a/dev-python/mastodon-py/mastodon-py-2.2.1.ebuild b/dev-python/mastodon-py/mastodon-py-2.2.1.ebuild
index c7afa4f271..70c1dfe341 100644
--- a/dev-python/mastodon-py/mastodon-py-2.2.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/mastodon-py/mastodon-py-2.2.1.ebuild
@@ -53,5 +53,9 @@ distutils_enable_sphinx docs \
 	dev-python/sphinx-rtd-theme
 
 python_test() {
+	local EPYTEST_IGNORE=()
+	use grapheme ||
+		EPYTEST_IGNORE+=( tests/test_status_length.py )
+
 	epytest -o addopts=
 }