diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/issue-6898.rs b/src/test/run-pass/issue-6898.rs
index 2d612bb742eb383fd1342853d253acbe44159967..8e9502d6d49e616d82b99284721180853795d092 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/issue-6898.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/issue-6898.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// xfail-test
+
 // Copyright 2013 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
 // file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
 // http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.