diff --git a/ghc/tests/lib/Makefile b/ghc/tests/lib/Makefile
index a37fe8604e70ad7ec98803140d8473be2e0f15c4..080bedf39ddaad6ce2b92aa447a693cbfad8c9d8 100644
--- a/ghc/tests/lib/Makefile
+++ b/ghc/tests/lib/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.3 1998/09/06 14:20:45 simonm Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile,v 1.4 1998/09/20 15:33:58 simonm Exp $
 
 TOP = ..
 include $(TOP)/mk/boilerplate.mk
 
-SUBDIRS = should_run posix
+SUBDIRS = should_run 
+
+# posix009 hangs on Linux, disabled for now --SDM
+# posix
 
 include $(TOP)/mk/target.mk