diff --git a/contrib/netbsd-tests/bin/expr/t_expr.sh b/contrib/netbsd-tests/bin/expr/t_expr.sh
index 97a559b1d97..ef99b021cd3 100755
--- a/contrib/netbsd-tests/bin/expr/t_expr.sh
+++ b/contrib/netbsd-tests/bin/expr/t_expr.sh
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ overflow_head() {
 	atf_set "descr" "Test overflow cases"
 }
 overflow_body() {
+	# Begin FreeBSD
+	atf_expect_fail "FreeBSD's expr does not check overflow to the same degree NetBSD's expr does; see bug 196867 for more details"
+	# End FreeBSD
 	test_expr '4611686018427387904 + 4611686018427387903' \
 	          '9223372036854775807'
 	test_expr '4611686018427387904 + 4611686018427387904' \