diff --git a/pgtype/composite_test.go b/pgtype/composite_test.go
index 0d417a6f..1eedc89a 100644
--- a/pgtype/composite_test.go
+++ b/pgtype/composite_test.go
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ create type point3d as (
 //
 // https://github.com/jackc/pgx/issues/1576
 func TestCompositeCodecTranscodeStructWrapperForTable(t *testing.T) {
+	skipCockroachDB(t, "Server does not support composite types from table definitions")
+
 	defaultConnTestRunner.RunTest(context.Background(), t, func(ctx context.Context, t testing.TB, conn *pgx.Conn) {
 
 		_, err := conn.Exec(ctx, `drop table if exists point3d;