diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d63b8ec332..18eead38a6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2001-08-07  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>
 
+	* stdlib/tst-strtod.c: Disable HUGE_VAL tests for older GCCs.
+
 	* iconv/gconv_charset.h (upstr): Add unused attribute to avoid
 	warning.
 
diff --git a/stdlib/tst-strtod.c b/stdlib/tst-strtod.c
index adf6255f66..afd522b9cc 100644
--- a/stdlib/tst-strtod.c
+++ b/stdlib/tst-strtod.c
@@ -65,9 +65,12 @@ static const struct ltest tests[] =
     { "0x0.8p-1022",
       1.11253692925360069154511635866620203210960799023116591527666e-308,
       '\0', 0 },
+#if __GNUC_PREREQ(2,96)
+    /* For older GCC release HUGE_VAL is not a constant.  */
     { "Inf", HUGE_VAL, '\0', 0 },
     { "-Inf", -HUGE_VAL, '\0', 0 },
     { "+InFiNiTy", HUGE_VAL, '\0', 0 },
+#endif
     { NULL, 0, '\0', 0 }
   };