diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/pr28827-1.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/pr28827-1.d
index 8df9bcffddc..b4e4980a816 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/pr28827-1.d
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/pr28827-1.d
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# as: -a64
 # ld: -melf64ppc -gc-sections -shared -z relro --plt-align=0
 # size: -A