diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/issue-41696.rs b/src/test/run-pass/issue-41696.rs
index 1888be58c57d..ae57e0cf2552 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/issue-41696.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/issue-41696.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 // this used to cause exponential code-size blowup during LLVM passes.
+// min-llvm-version 3.9
 
 #![feature(test)]