diff --git a/tests/p_arpwatch/10_arpwatch_test.sh b/tests/p_arpwatch/10_arpwatch_test.sh
index 9f518a5..aea3d40 100755
--- a/tests/p_arpwatch/10_arpwatch_test.sh
+++ b/tests/p_arpwatch/10_arpwatch_test.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,21 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-#         Christoph Galuschka <christoph.galuschka@chello.at>
+# Author: Christoph Galuschka <christoph.galuschka@chello.at>
+#         Rene Diepstraten <rene@renediepstraten.nl>
 
-t_Log "Running $0 - arpwatch on eth0"
+t_Log "Running $0 - arpwatch on interface with default gateway"
+
+# arpwatch is broken in el7
+# See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1044062
+[[ $centos_ver -eq 7 ]] && { 
+  t_Log "arpwatch is broken on el7. Skipping test." 
+  exit
+}
 
 # Kill arpwatch instance from previous test
 # killall arpwatch
 
 # getting IP-address of default gateway
-defgw=$(route -n | grep 'UG[ \t]' | awk '{print $2}')
+defgw=$(ip route | awk '/^default via/ {print $3}')
 if [ -z $defgw ]
   then
   t_Log "No default gateway, can't test arpwatch"
@@ -30,7 +38,6 @@ sleep 4
 ping -q -i 1 -c 5 $defgw
 killall arpwatch
 sleep 2
-more $arpdat
 grep -q $defgw $arpdat
 
 t_CheckExitStatus $?