diff --git a/tests/symbolics/test_abs.py b/tests/symbolics/test_abs.py
index daa4b17c17c51909c3124079677dcfa1eb87cb33..daab354a3804332c5d36358a0b850f13b8d4f0a6 100644
--- a/tests/symbolics/test_abs.py
+++ b/tests/symbolics/test_abs.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import sympy
 def test_abs(target):
     if target == ps.Target.GPU:
         #   FIXME
-        pytest.skip("GPU target not ready yet")
+        pytest.xfail("GPU target not ready yet")
 
     x, y, z = ps.fields('x, y, z:  int64[2d]')