diff --git a/tests/strings/stdstrings.cpp b/tests/strings/stdstrings.cpp
index 5c13f9bf44..cf80f2eb5f 100644
--- a/tests/strings/stdstrings.cpp
+++ b/tests/strings/stdstrings.cpp
@@ -624,7 +624,13 @@ void StdStringTestCase::StdConversion()
 
 void StdStringTestCase::StdAlgo()
 {
+    // Unfortunately this currently doesn't work with libc++ in C++11 mode, see
+    // comment near iter_swap() definition in wx/string.h.
+#if __cplusplus < 201103L || !defined(_LIBCPP_VERSION)
     wxString s("AB");
     std::reverse(s.begin(), s.end());
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( "BA", s );
+#else
+    wxLogWarning("Skipping std::reverse() test broken with C++11/libc++");
+#endif
 }