diff --git a/src/core/operators.pm b/src/core/operators.pm
index 278e95fbe4c..498414ba5a3 100644
--- a/src/core/operators.pm
+++ b/src/core/operators.pm
@@ -159,6 +159,15 @@ our multi infix:<!=>($a, $b) {
     pir::isne__INN(+$a, +$b) ?? True !! False
 }
 
+# XXX Lazy version would be nice in the future too.
+our multi infix:<xx>(Mu \$item, $n) {
+    my @result = ();
+    for 1..$n {
+        @result.push($item);
+    }
+    @result
+}
+
 our multi prefix:<|>(@a) { @a.Capture }
 our multi prefix:<|>(%h) { %h.Capture }
 our multi prefix:<|>(Capture $c) { $c }
diff --git a/t/spectest.data b/t/spectest.data
index 5504c26ce2f..40508d20bd9 100644
--- a/t/spectest.data
+++ b/t/spectest.data
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ S03-operators/range.t
 # S03-operators/reduce-le1arg.t
 # S03-operators/reduce-metaop.t
 S03-operators/relational.t
-# S03-operators/repeat.t
+S03-operators/repeat.t
 S03-operators/scalar-assign.t
 # S03-smartmatch/any-any.t
 # S03-smartmatch/any-array-slice.t