diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tornado/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tornado/default.nix
index 63dafdfdc623..0d0787591b4c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tornado/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tornado/default.nix
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     # additional tests that have extra dependencies, run slowly, or produce more output than a simple pass/fail
     # https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/blob/v6.2.0/maint/test/README
     "maint/test"
+
+    # AttributeError: 'TestIOStreamWebMixin' object has no attribute 'io_loop'
+    "tornado/test/iostream_test.py"
+  ];
+
+  disabledTests = [
+    # Exception: did not get expected log message
+    "test_unix_socket_bad_request"
   ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "tornado" ];