diff --git a/libjava/testsuite/ChangeLog b/libjava/testsuite/ChangeLog
index ff9b8a668ab..59339cfbfca 100644
--- a/libjava/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-08-31  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>
+
+	* libjava.compile/abstr.xfail: New file.
+	* libjava.compile/abstr.java: New file.
+
 2000-08-09  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>
 
 	From PR gcj/310:
diff --git a/libjava/testsuite/libjava.compile/abstr.java b/libjava/testsuite/libjava.compile/abstr.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f59db268bc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/testsuite/libjava.compile/abstr.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// This fails to compile from bytecode for some versions of the compiler.
+
+interface foo
+{
+  public void start ();
+}
+
+public abstract class abstr implements foo
+{
+  public void doit ()
+  {
+    start ();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/testsuite/libjava.compile/abstr.xfail b/libjava/testsuite/libjava.compile/abstr.xfail
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..76540afa49b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/testsuite/libjava.compile/abstr.xfail
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+no-link