diff --git a/testsuite/tests/stranal/should_compile/all.T b/testsuite/tests/stranal/should_compile/all.T
index 3a9a35d83d14fefd2ea77936b5cb794aeea0aa5d..184ff1ec882f393236b8dbd96d6ae1f80bf250b8 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests/stranal/should_compile/all.T
+++ b/testsuite/tests/stranal/should_compile/all.T
@@ -19,4 +19,7 @@ test('T1988', normal, compile, [''])
 test('T8467', normal, compile, [''])
 test('T8037', normal, compile, [''])
 test('T8743', [ extra_clean(['T8743.o-boot', 'T8743.hi-boot']) ], multimod_compile, ['T8743', '-v0'])
+
 test('T9208', when(compiler_debugged(), expect_broken(9208)), compile, [''])
+# T9208 fails (and should do so) if you have assertion checking on in the compiler
+# Hence the above expect_broken.  See comments in the Trac ticket
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