diff --git a/test/integration/smoke/test_scale_vm.py b/test/integration/smoke/test_scale_vm.py
index 03d2e87bb40..261fe93fb26 100644
--- a/test/integration/smoke/test_scale_vm.py
+++ b/test/integration/smoke/test_scale_vm.py
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ class TestScaleVm(cloudstackTestCase):
         testClient = super(TestScaleVm, cls).getClsTestClient()
         cls.apiclient = testClient.getApiClient()
         cls.services = testClient.getParsedTestDataConfig()
+        cls.hypervisor = cls.testClient.getHypervisorInfo()
+        if cls.hypervisor.lower() == 'kvm':
+            raise unittest.SkipTest("ScaleVM is not supported on KVM. Hence, skipping the test")
 
         # Get Zone, Domain and templates
         domain = get_domain(cls.apiclient)