diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 8a2daadd2dd..b446a4893e1 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-03-01  Steve Ellcey  <sellcey@mips.com>
+
+	* gcc.dg/pr56396.c: Require pic support.
+
 2013-03-01  Richard Biener  <rguenther@suse.de>
 
 	PR tree-optimization/55481
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr56396.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr56396.c
index d2ec8fa9bff..160545b9859 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr56396.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr56396.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /* PR tree-optimization/56396 */
 /* { dg-do compile } */
+/* { dg-require-effective-target fpic } */
 /* { dg-options "-O2 -fpic -g" } */
 
 struct S { char *s; int z; };