diff --git a/test/lit.cfg b/test/lit.cfg
index 34875b0f..bfb678f0 100644
--- a/test/lit.cfg
+++ b/test/lit.cfg
@@ -358,6 +358,15 @@ class Configuration(object):
         if 'libcpp-has-no-monotonic-clock' in self.config.available_features:
             self.compile_flags += ['-D_LIBCPP_HAS_NO_MONOTONIC_CLOCK']
 
+        # Some linux distributions have different locale data than others.
+        # Insert the distributions name and name-version into the available
+        # features to allow tests to XFAIL on them.
+        if sys.platform.startswith('linux'):
+            os_info = platform.linux_distribution()
+            self.config.available_features.add(os_info[0].lower())
+            self.config.available_features.add(
+                '%s-%s' % (os_info[0].lower(), os_info[1]))
+
     def configure_compile_flags(self):
         # Configure extra compiler flags.
         self.compile_flags += ['-I' + self.src_root + '/include',
diff --git a/test/localization/locale.categories/category.time/locale.time.get.byname/get_monthname.pass.cpp b/test/localization/locale.categories/category.time/locale.time.get.byname/get_monthname.pass.cpp
index a924cef8..a442ae57 100644
--- a/test/localization/locale.categories/category.time/locale.time.get.byname/get_monthname.pass.cpp
+++ b/test/localization/locale.categories/category.time/locale.time.get.byname/get_monthname.pass.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
 // REQUIRES: locale.ru_RU.UTF-8
 // REQUIRES: locale.zh_CN.UTF-8
 
+// NOTE: debian and opensuse use old locale data for ru_RU.UTF-8 abreviated
+// months. This locale data was changed in glibc 2.14.
+// Debian uses glibc 2.13 as of 20/11/2014
+// OpenSuse uses glibc 2.19 with old locale data as of 20/11/2014
+// XFAIL: debian, opensuse
+
 // <locale>
 
 // class time_get_byname<charT, InputIterator>
diff --git a/test/localization/locale.categories/category.time/locale.time.get.byname/get_monthname_wide.pass.cpp b/test/localization/locale.categories/category.time/locale.time.get.byname/get_monthname_wide.pass.cpp
index 009dc490..631a5003 100644
--- a/test/localization/locale.categories/category.time/locale.time.get.byname/get_monthname_wide.pass.cpp
+++ b/test/localization/locale.categories/category.time/locale.time.get.byname/get_monthname_wide.pass.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
 // REQUIRES: locale.ru_RU.UTF-8
 // REQUIRES: locale.zh_CN.UTF-8
 
+// NOTE: debian and opensuse use bad locale data for ru_RU.UTF-8 abreviated
+// months. This locale data was fixed in glibc 2.14.
+// Debian uses glibc 2.13 as of 20/11/2014
+// OpenSuse uses glibc 2.19 with old locale data as of 20/11/2014
+// XFAIL: debian, opensuse
+
 // <locale>
 
 // class time_get_byname<charT, InputIterator>