diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index c4cdf7ec45c..cc197d4efe9 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-02-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+	* gcc.dg/debug/20020327-1.c: Disable for powerpc64.
+
 2004-02-12  Nathaniel Smith <njs@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* lib/scanasm.exp (dg-scan): Quote pattern before display.
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/debug/20020327-1.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/debug/20020327-1.c
index 2542e682ae1..49d00a16cc7 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/debug/20020327-1.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/debug/20020327-1.c
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-/* { dg-do link { xfail powerpc64*-*-* } } */
+/* { dg-do link } */
 
+#ifndef __powerpc64__
+/* Fails on powerpc64-linux due to the function Letext using a global
+   .Letext symbol that conflicts with .Letext emitted by gcc with
+   -gstabs.  Some day the linker will be fixed to not require global
+   "dot" syms, but for now disable this test entirely for powerpc64.
+   Using xfail doesn't work, nor does dg-excess-errors because some
+   combinations of command line options won't cause this test to fail.  */
 void Letext (void) { }
+#endif
 int main() { return 0; }