diff --git a/test/tools/gold/stats.ll b/test/tools/gold/stats.ll
index 5a6e6f965f2..7c353e6ab2a 100644
--- a/test/tools/gold/stats.ll
+++ b/test/tools/gold/stats.ll
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+; REQUIRES: asserts
+
 ; RUN: llvm-as %s -o %t.o
 ; RUN: ld -plugin %llvmshlibdir/LLVMgold.so  -shared \
 ; RUN:    -plugin-opt=-stats %t.o -o %t2 2>&1 | FileCheck %s