diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 0e13e5617eb..7437be1f3e0 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2018-08-21  David Edelsohn  <dje.gcc@gmail.com>
+
+	* testsuite/18_support/new_nothrow.cc: XFAIL on AIX.
+
 2018-08-21  Jonathan Wakely  <jwakely@redhat.com>
 
 	* testsuite/26_numerics/bit/bitops.count/countl_one.cc: Remove
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/18_support/new_nothrow.cc b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/18_support/new_nothrow.cc
index 362dabf2bcf..ec3f8070062 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/18_support/new_nothrow.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/18_support/new_nothrow.cc
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 // <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 // { dg-do run }
+// { dg-xfail-run-if "AIX operator new" { powerpc-ibm-aix* } }
 
 #include <new>
 #include <stdlib.h>