diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 9eb2fe07225..042c35813af 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2018-07-12  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@mips.com>
+
+	* testsuite/ld-mips-elf/mips-elf.exp: Limit reloc 6 tests to
+	shared library targets.
+
 2018-07-11  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@mips.com>
 
 	* testsuite/ld-mips-elf/tlsdyn-o32.d: Update test for dynamic
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-mips-elf/mips-elf.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld-mips-elf/mips-elf.exp
index ba3f16168ed..64d71c61891 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-mips-elf/mips-elf.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-mips-elf/mips-elf.exp
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ if {$has_newabi} {
 }
 run_dump_test "reloc-4"
 run_dump_test "reloc-5"
-if { $has_newabi } {
+if { $has_newabi && [check_shared_lib_support] } {
     run_ld_link_tests [list \
 	[list \
 	    "reloc test 6a" \