diff --git a/test/shell/vgrename-usage.sh b/test/shell/vgrename-usage.sh
index 92070e8fa..8893c0f4b 100644
--- a/test/shell/vgrename-usage.sh
+++ b/test/shell/vgrename-usage.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,18 @@ vgcreate $vg2 "$dev2"
 not vgrename $vg1 $vg2
 vgremove $vg1 $vg2
 
+# FIXME: decide how lvmetad should handle
+# duplicate VG names.  lvmetad now ignores
+# the VG on device B if it already knows
+# about the same VG name on device A.
+# This lets you vgrename the VG on device A
+# which allows the VG on device B to reappear
+# once it's rescanned.
+# It's not yet known how we want lvmetad to
+# handle duplicate VG names.
+
+test -e LOCAL_LVMETAD && exit 0
+
 # vgrename duplicate name
 vgcreate $vg1 "$dev1"
 aux disable_dev "$dev1"