diff --git a/tests/monotouch-test/System.Net.Http/MessageHandlers.cs b/tests/monotouch-test/System.Net.Http/MessageHandlers.cs
index bdea09aeb92..03f759bdf6c 100644
--- a/tests/monotouch-test/System.Net.Http/MessageHandlers.cs
+++ b/tests/monotouch-test/System.Net.Http/MessageHandlers.cs
@@ -703,6 +703,7 @@ public void TestNSUrlSessionHandlerSendClientCertificate ()
 			if (!done) { // timeouts happen in the bots due to dns issues, connection issues etc.. we do not want to fail
 				Assert.Inconclusive ("Request timedout.");
 			} else {
+				TestRuntime.IgnoreInCIIfBadNetwork (ex);
 				Assert.IsNull (ex, "Exception wasn't expected.");
 				X509Certificate2 certificate2 = X509CertificateLoader.LoadCertificate (global::System.Convert.FromBase64String (content));
 				Assert.AreEqual (certificate.Thumbprint, certificate2.Thumbprint);
diff --git a/tests/monotouch-test/System.Net.Http/NetworkResources.cs b/tests/monotouch-test/System.Net.Http/NetworkResources.cs
index 085a3603911..99fe7fc5c24 100644
--- a/tests/monotouch-test/System.Net.Http/NetworkResources.cs
+++ b/tests/monotouch-test/System.Net.Http/NetworkResources.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public static class NetworkResources {
 		public static string XamarinHttpUrl => AssertNetworkConnection ("http://dotnet.microsoft.com/apps/xamarin");
 		public static Uri XamarinUri => new Uri (XamarinUrl);
 		public static string StatsUrl => AssertNetworkConnection ("https://api.imgur.com/2/stats");
-		public static string EchoClientCertificateUrl = "https://corefx-net-tls.azurewebsites.net/EchoClientCertificate.ashx";
+		public static string EchoClientCertificateUrl => AssertNetworkConnection ("https://corefx-net-tls.azurewebsites.net/EchoClientCertificate.ashx");
 
 		public static string [] HttpsUrls => new [] {
 			MicrosoftUrl,