diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/util/IgnoreForScala212.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/util/IgnoreForScala212.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9302dab2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/util/IgnoreForScala212.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Lightbend Inc. <http://www.lightbend.com>
+ */
+
+package akka.util
+
+import org.scalatest.{ Ignore, Tag }
+import scala.util.Properties
+
+object IgnoreForScala212 extends Tag(if (Properties.versionNumberString.startsWith("2.12")) classOf[Ignore].getName else "")
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/util/LineNumberSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/util/LineNumberSpec.scala
index 2ec7bcfbc9..3110067493 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/util/LineNumberSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/util/LineNumberSpec.scala
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ class LineNumberSpec extends AkkaSpec {
     "writing Scala" must {
       import LineNumberSpecCodeForScala._
 
-      "work for small functions" in {
+      "work for small functions" taggedAs IgnoreForScala212 in {
         LineNumbers(oneline) should ===(SourceFileLines("LineNumberSpecCodeForScala.scala", 12, 12))
       }
 
-      "work for larger functions" in {
+      "work for larger functions" taggedAs IgnoreForScala212 in {
         LineNumbers(twoline) should ===(SourceFileLines("LineNumberSpecCodeForScala.scala", 14, 16))
       }