diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/do2.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/do2.rs
index 919d186c40df..3488fadab15b 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/do2.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/do2.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+// xfail-fast
+// xfail-test
+
+// This is xfail'd due to bad typecheck error messages. (There is a spurious
+// "expected `bool` but but found `int`" message.)
+
 fn f(f: fn@(int) -> bool) -> bool { f(10i) }
 
 fn main() {
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/fn-compare-mismatch.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/fn-compare-mismatch.rs
index 4e638bf064a2..31193cf6ed76 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/fn-compare-mismatch.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/fn-compare-mismatch.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+// xfail-fast
+// xfail-test
+
+// This is xfail'd due to bad spurious typecheck error messages.
+
 fn main() {
     fn f() { }
     fn g(i: int) { }