diff --git a/evennia/utils/tests/test_funcparser.py b/evennia/utils/tests/test_funcparser.py
index 3250e8b477..9705d12893 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/tests/test_funcparser.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/tests/test_funcparser.py
@@ -292,6 +292,12 @@ class TestFuncParser(TestCase):
         ret = self.parser.parse(string, strip=True)
         self.assertEqual("Test  and  things", ret)
 
+    @unittest.skip("broken due to https://github.com/evennia/evennia/issues/2927")
+    def test_parse_whitespace_preserved(self):
+        string = "The answer is $add(1, x)"
+        ret = self.parser.parse(string)
+        self.assertEqual("The answer is $add(1, x)", ret)
+
     def test_parse_escape(self):
         """
         Test the parser's escape functionality.