diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/ChangeLog b/binutils/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 93c493762f9..be628804546 100644
--- a/binutils/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-09-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* binutils-all/i386/i386.exp: Don't run on linuxaout.
+
 2010-09-10  Ben Gardiner  <bengardiner@nanometrics.ca>
 
 	* binutils-all/objcopy.exp: Add test of new --interleave-width
diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/i386/i386.exp b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/i386/i386.exp
index fe27135af65..2ca4bd535f0 100644
--- a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/i386/i386.exp
+++ b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/i386/i386.exp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
-if {!([istarget "i*86-*-linux*"] || [istarget "x86_64-*-linux*"]) || [is_remote host]} then {
+if {!([istarget "i*86-*-linux*"] || [istarget "x86_64-*-linux*"]) || ![is_elf_format] || [is_remote host]} then {
     return
 }