diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index cf605f62aa3d..ce668a45f61a 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-01-10  Ranjit Mathew  <rmathew@hotmail.com>
+
+	* testsuite/libjava.compile/PR19277.java: New file for PR java/19277.
+	* testsuite/libjava.compile/PR19277.xfail: Likewise.
+
 2005-01-09  Michael Koch  <konqueror@gmx.de>
 
 	PR libgcj/17069
diff --git a/libjava/testsuite/libjava.compile/PR19277.java b/libjava/testsuite/libjava.compile/PR19277.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..61ed0bf7acc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/testsuite/libjava.compile/PR19277.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class PR19277
+{
+  void snafu (int[] array)
+  {
+    array.length++;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/testsuite/libjava.compile/PR19277.xfail b/libjava/testsuite/libjava.compile/PR19277.xfail
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e3b083b1fa5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/testsuite/libjava.compile/PR19277.xfail
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+shouldfail