diff --git a/test/Makefile.am b/test/Makefile.am
index c5a75590b..ca82b8779 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/Makefile.am
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ filter-nearest-offset		\
 ft-text-vertical-layout-type1	\
 leaky-dash			\
 long-lines			\
+rotate-image-surface-paint	\
 self-intersecting		\
 text-glyph-range		\
 text-rotate
diff --git a/test/rotate-image-surface-paint.c b/test/rotate-image-surface-paint.c
index d28354d42..378b1ee1a 100644
--- a/test/rotate-image-surface-paint.c
+++ b/test/rotate-image-surface-paint.c
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ static cairo_test_draw_function_t draw;
 
 cairo_test_t test = {
     "rotate-image-surface-paint",
-    "Test call sequence: image_surface_create; rotate; set_source_surface; paint",
+    "Test call sequence: image_surface_create; rotate; set_source_surface; paint"
+    "\nThis test is known to fail on the ps backend currently",
     SIZE, SIZE,
     draw
 };