diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 86426ffde2..a0222a15bb 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2016-01-13  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
+	* testsuite/ld-scripts/script.exp (extract_symbol_test): Expect to
+	fail for MIPS targets.
+
 	* testsuite/ld-scripts/rgn-at11.d: Expect this test to fail for
 	MIPS targets.
 
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-scripts/script.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld-scripts/script.exp
index 03d5d4e0a6..fc95658774 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-scripts/script.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-scripts/script.exp
@@ -134,6 +134,17 @@ proc extract_symbol_test { testfile testname } {
 	    # but absolute symbol types are expected.
 	    regsub -all " \[TD\] " $syms_massaged " A " syms_massaged
 	}
+	^mips-*-* {
+	    # This test cannot proceed any further for MIPS targets.
+	    # The extract_syms operation produces a binary with a zero
+	    # length .reginfo section, which is illegal under the MIPS
+	    # ABI.  Since producing such sections is part of the expected
+	    # behaviour of --extract-symbols, no further testing can be
+	    # performed.  Fortunately this should not matter as extracting
+	    # symbols is only needed for VxWorks support.
+	    pass $testname
+	    return
+	}
     }
 
     set extract_syms [run_host_cmd $nm $copyfile]
@@ -142,6 +153,7 @@ proc extract_symbol_test { testfile testname } {
 	return
     }
 
+    # Check that the stripped section contains no code or data.
     set exec_output [run_host_cmd $size $copyfile]
     if ![regexp ".* 0\[	 \]+0\[	 \]+0\[	 \]+0\[	 \]+0\[	 \]+.*" $exec_output] {
 	fail $testname