diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index c4356c9e5948..e12cfbf1bde5 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2016-04-05  Jonathan Wakely  <jwakely@redhat.com>
 
+	* testsuite/30_threads/thread/70503.cc: Require -static to work.
+
 	PR libstdc++/70503
 	* src/c++11/thread.cc (execute_native_thread_routine,
 	execute_native_thread_routine_compat): Give internal linkage.
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/30_threads/thread/70503.cc b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/30_threads/thread/70503.cc
index 1763ac2dc0a4..950d75416ce0 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/30_threads/thread/70503.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/30_threads/thread/70503.cc
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 // { dg-options " -std=gnu++11 -static" { target *-*-*gnu* } }
 // { dg-require-cstdint "" }
 // { dg-require-gthreads "" }
+// { dg-require-effective-target static }
 
 extern "C" {
   void execute_native_thread_routine(void);