diff --git a/dd-smoke-tests/jboss-modules/build.gradle b/dd-smoke-tests/jboss-modules/build.gradle
index 25efa3b3c3a..e6f6494f6fc 100644
--- a/dd-smoke-tests/jboss-modules/build.gradle
+++ b/dd-smoke-tests/jboss-modules/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 
+ext {
+  // see https://datadoghq.atlassian.net/wiki/x/H4S2NQE
+  excludeJdk = ['IBM8']
+}
+
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
 description = 'JBoss Modules Smoke Tests.'