diff --git a/gettext-tools/gnulib-tests/test-pthread-rwlock.c b/gettext-tools/gnulib-tests/test-pthread-rwlock.c
index 90d6ac5..61009a7 100644
--- a/gettext-tools/gnulib-tests/test-pthread-rwlock.c
+++ b/gettext-tools/gnulib-tests/test-pthread-rwlock.c
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ test_rwlock (void)
 int
 main ()
 {
+  fputs ("Skipping meaningless test which is expected to deadlock\n", stderr);
+  return 77;
 #if HAVE_DECL_ALARM
   /* Declare failure if test takes too long, by using default abort
      caused by SIGALRM.  */