diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 782d426ad0..3b0ff7cea2 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2019-07-19  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	PR 24819
+	* testsuite/ld-elf/pr24819.d: xfail for genelf targets.
+
 2019-07-18  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	PR ld/24819
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/pr24819.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/pr24819.d
index 0a82b63c39..c97ef5fbac 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/pr24819.d
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/pr24819.d
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #ld: -r
 #readelf: -S --wide
+#xfail: [uses_genelf]
 
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