diff --git a/lldb/test/functionalities/abbreviation/TestAbbreviations.py b/lldb/test/functionalities/abbreviation/TestAbbreviations.py
index 354379478cc0..9faa0d18f3e2 100644
--- a/lldb/test/functionalities/abbreviation/TestAbbreviations.py
+++ b/lldb/test/functionalities/abbreviation/TestAbbreviations.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class AbbreviationsTestCase(TestBase):
     mydir = TestBase.compute_mydir(__file__)
 
     @expectedFailureFreeBSD('llvm.org/pr18805')
+    @expectedFailureLinux('llvm.org/pr18816')
     def test_nonrunning_command_abbreviations (self):
         self.expect("ap script",
                     startstr = "The following built-in commands may relate to 'script':",