diff --git a/test/pseudo-tty/pseudo-tty.status b/test/pseudo-tty/pseudo-tty.status
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0d404171d278cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/pseudo-tty/pseudo-tty.status
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[$system==aix]
+# test issue only, covered under https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/7973
+no_dropped_stdio           : PASS, FLAKY