diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index b1a11be1e5c..c3543747f2d 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-01-20  Jack Howarth <howarth@bromo.med.uc.edu>
+
+	PR debug/53235
+	* g++.dg/debug/dwarf2/nested-4.C: XFAIL on darwin.
+	
 2013-01-20  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>
 
 	* gfortran.dg/inquire_10.f90: Run only for non-newlib targets.
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/debug/dwarf2/nested-4.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/debug/dwarf2/nested-4.C
index 8ab75e1ce5b..784c7534f8d 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/debug/dwarf2/nested-4.C
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/debug/dwarf2/nested-4.C
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // PR debug/53235
 // { dg-options "-gdwarf-4 -fdebug-types-section" }
-// { dg-final { scan-assembler-times "debug_types" 2 } }
+// { dg-final { scan-assembler-times "debug_types" 2 { xfail *-*-darwin* } } }
 
 namespace E {
   class O {};