diff --git a/test/integration/component/test_VirtualRouter_alerts.py b/test/integration/component/test_VirtualRouter_alerts.py
index 64066f8e357..90f04d89fa1 100644
--- a/test/integration/component/test_VirtualRouter_alerts.py
+++ b/test/integration/component/test_VirtualRouter_alerts.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class TestVRServiceFailureAlerting(cloudstackTestCase):
         return
 
     @attr(hypervisor="xenserver")
-    @attr(tags=["advanced", "basic"])
+    @attr(tags=["advanced", "basic"], required_hardware="true")
     def test_01_VRServiceFailureAlerting(self):
 
         if self.zone.networktype == "Basic":