diff --git a/wgengine/bench/bench_test.go b/wgengine/bench/bench_test.go
index 253209bb6..477ea17e5 100644
--- a/wgengine/bench/bench_test.go
+++ b/wgengine/bench/bench_test.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ func BenchmarkBatchTCP(b *testing.B) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkWireGuardTest(b *testing.B) {
+	b.Skip("flaky; see https://github.com/tailscale/corp/issues/1776")
 	run(b, func(logf logger.Logf, traf *TrafficGen) {
 		setupWGTest(b, logf, traf, Addr1, Addr2)
 	})