--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/sec64k.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/sec64k.exp
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ if [istarget "hppa*64*-*-*"] {
     return
 }
 
+# timing out on sh4, see https://bugs.debian.org/1127604
+if [istarget "sh4-*-*"] {
+    return
+}
+
 # Test >64k sections, with and without -r.  First, create the assembly
 # files.  Have a relocation to another section and one within the local
 # section.