diff --git a/libcxx/test/std/diagnostics/syserr/syserr.errcode/syserr.errcode.observers/bool.fail.cpp b/libcxx/test/std/diagnostics/syserr/syserr.errcode/syserr.errcode.observers/bool.fail.cpp
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+++ b/libcxx/test/std/diagnostics/syserr/syserr.errcode/syserr.errcode.observers/bool.fail.cpp
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+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+//
+// This file is dual licensed under the MIT and the University of Illinois Open
+// Source Licenses. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+// XFAIL: c++03
+
+// <system_error>
+
+// class error_code
+
+// explicit operator bool() const;
+
+#include <system_error>
+
+bool test_func(void)
+{
+    const std::error_code ec(0, std::generic_category());
+    return ec;   // conversion to bool is explicit; should fail.
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+    return 0;
+}
+