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diff --git a/tests/test-select-in.sh b/tests/test-select-in.sh
index 8fd9d9c45..44f5dbb8e 100755
--- a/tests/test-select-in.sh
+++ b/tests/test-select-in.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Test select() on file descriptors opened for reading.
 
+# This test is known to fail on Solaris 2.6 and older, due to its handling
+# of /dev/null.
+
 tmpfiles=""
 trap 'rm -fr $tmpfiles' 1 2 3 15
 
@@ -15,7 +18,8 @@ test `cat t-select-in.tmp` = "1" || exit 1
 # Pipes.
 
 rm -f t-select-in.tmp
-{ sleep 1; echo abc; } | ./test-select-fd${EXEEXT} r 0 t-select-in.tmp
+{ sleep 1; echo abc; } | \
+  { ./test-select-fd${EXEEXT} r 0 t-select-in.tmp; cat > /dev/null; }
 test `cat t-select-in.tmp` = "0" || exit 1
 
 rm -f t-select-in.tmp
@@ -23,6 +27,7 @@ echo abc | { sleep 1; ./test-select-fd${EXEEXT} r 0 t-select-in.tmp; }
 test `cat t-select-in.tmp` = "1" || exit 1
 
 # Special files.
+# This part of the test is known to fail on Solaris 2.6 and older.
 
 rm -f t-select-in.tmp
 ./test-select-fd${EXEEXT} r 0 t-select-in.tmp < /dev/null