diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog b/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 97833cd9b6..bebb04ea0b 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-11-21  Roland McGrath  <mcgrathr@google.com>
+
+	* ld-elf/comm-data.exp: Add XFAIL for arm*-*-* targets, referring
+	to PR ld/13802.
+
 2012-11-21  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* ld-elf/discard1.d: Run on x86_64-*-linux-gnu*.
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/comm-data.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/comm-data.exp
index 1c75f55216..71b856d9ac 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/comm-data.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/comm-data.exp
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ if [is_elf64 "tmpdir/libcomm-data.so"] {
     append AFLAGS " --defsym ELF64=1"
 }
 
+setup_xfail "arm*-*-*" "ld/13802"
+
 # Verify that a common symbol has been converted to an undefined
 # reference to the global symbol of the same name defined above
 # and that the debug reference has been dropped.