diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 7aa3b2e63a..495eeef384 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2018-06-19  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@mips.com>
+
+	* testsuite/ld-elf/shared.exp: XFAIL DT_TEXTREL map file warning
+	test for `mips*-*-*'.
+
 2018-06-19  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
 
 	* configure.ac: Remove AC_PREREQ.
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/shared.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/shared.exp
index 8ec73ef4cb..daac3be43d 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/shared.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/shared.exp
@@ -176,6 +176,11 @@ run_ld_link_tests [list \
     ] \
 ] "xtensa-*-*"
 
+# The MIPS backend sets SHF_WRITE, in `mips_elf_create_dynamic_relocation',
+# for any section that has a dynamic relocation attached and consequently
+# this test is irrelevant for MIPS targets.  We don't have a clean way to
+# request UNSUPPORTED result, which would be the most appropriate here,
+# so we just XFAIL the test instead.
 run_ld_link_tests [list \
     [list \
 	"DT_TEXTREL map file warning" \
@@ -186,7 +191,7 @@ run_ld_link_tests [list \
 	 {{ld textrel.map}} \
 	"textrel.so" \
     ] \
-] "cris*-*-*"
+] "cris*-*-*" "mips*-*-*"
 
 # PR ld/20828 check for correct dynamic symbol table entries where:
 # - symbols have been defined with a linker script,