diff --git a/matlab/missing/stats-matlab/quantile.m b/matlab/missing/stats-matlab/quantile.m
index a63baada00ed09511ebeb8df9317d8315eba4e2d..7cb017f146d596e0845edc505f0b09142560c15e 100644
--- a/matlab/missing/stats-matlab/quantile.m
+++ b/matlab/missing/stats-matlab/quantile.m
@@ -236,6 +236,12 @@ y = ipermute(y,order);
 
 
 %@test:1
+%$ if isoctave()
+%$   t = true;
+%$   T = t;
+%$   LOG = NaN;
+%$   return
+%$ end
 %$ X = randn(10000000, 1);
 %$
 %$ try