diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/rename-section-01.d b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/rename-section-01.d
index 21d901326c6..4bde93a2e0b 100644
--- a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/rename-section-01.d
+++ b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/rename-section-01.d
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #objcopy: --rename-section .data=myrodata,contents,alloc,load,readonly
 #objdump: -r
 #notarget: alpha*-*-*vms* rx-*-elf [is_som_format] [is_aout_format]
+#xfail: [is_xcoff_format]
 
 .*: +file format .*