diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 655932f207b..ed32ce2bd60 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2020-07-07  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* testsuite/ld-scripts/section-match-1.d: xfail h8300.
+
 2020-07-07  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* testsuite/ld-scripts/align.exp: Don't exclude xcoff.  Pass
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-scripts/section-match-1.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-scripts/section-match-1.d
index 4ee530b4086..09a00c2d13f 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-scripts/section-match-1.d
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-scripts/section-match-1.d
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #source: section-match-1.s
 #ld: -T section-match-1.t
 #objdump: -s
-#target: [is_elf_format]
 # This test uses arbitrary section names, which are not supported by some
 # file formats.  Also these section names must be present in the
 # output, not translated into some other name, eg .text
+#target: [is_elf_format]
+#xfail: h8300-*-*
 
 .*:     file format .*