diff --git a/libbacktrace/ChangeLog b/libbacktrace/ChangeLog
index f2a17df0ee7..d3d964b24b2 100644
--- a/libbacktrace/ChangeLog
+++ b/libbacktrace/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2018-12-14  Tom de Vries  <tdevries@suse.de>
+
+	PR testsuite/88491
+	* allocfail.sh: Remove "set -o pipefail".
+
 2018-12-12  Tom de Vries  <tdevries@suse.de>
 
 	* Makefile.am (TESTS): Add allocfail.sh.
diff --git a/libbacktrace/allocfail.sh b/libbacktrace/allocfail.sh
index 91bc7a3e73d..6914de173a3 100755
--- a/libbacktrace/allocfail.sh
+++ b/libbacktrace/allocfail.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 # POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 set -e
-set -o pipefail
 
 if [ ! -f ./allocfail ]; then
     # Hard failure.