diff --git a/libjava/testsuite/ChangeLog b/libjava/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 058f9ab90eb..54a39c4d026 100644
--- a/libjava/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-04-20  Alexandre Petit-Bianco  <apbianco@cygnus.com>
+
+	* libjava.compile/block.java: New file.
+	* libjava.compile/block.out: New file.
+
 2000-04-20  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>
 
 	* libjava.jni/throwit.out: Fixed output to be correct.
diff --git a/libjava/testsuite/libjava.compile/block.java b/libjava/testsuite/libjava.compile/block.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6bf99b13135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/testsuite/libjava.compile/block.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Class block
+// Generated on Thu Apr 20 15:03:23 PDT 2000
+// It is illegal to use modifiers for in-block (local) classes
+
+class block {
+  public void foo ()
+  {
+    public class xxx {}
+  }
+  public static void main (String[] arg)
+  {
+    System.out.println ("Testing class `block'...");
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/testsuite/libjava.compile/block.xfail b/libjava/testsuite/libjava.compile/block.xfail
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e3b083b1fa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/testsuite/libjava.compile/block.xfail
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+shouldfail