diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index e4a2bf62b59..0139f4c0b10 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2014-10-30  Janis Johnson  <janisjo@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* gdb.base/fullpath-expand.exp: Skip for a remote host.
+	* gdb.base/realname-expand.exp: Likewise.
+	* gdb.linespec/macro-relative.exp: Likewise.
+
 2014-10-29  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
 
 	PR gdb/17408
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/fullpath-expand.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/fullpath-expand.exp
index 949f3fc8937..213b4c5127d 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/fullpath-expand.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/fullpath-expand.exp
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
 
 standard_testfile .c fullpath-expand-func.c
 
+if [is_remote host] {
+    unsupported "Compiling on a remote host does not support a filename with directory."
+    return 0
+}
+
 if { [file pathtype $objdir] != "absolute" } {
     untested "objdir $objdir is not absolute"
     return -1
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/realname-expand.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/realname-expand.exp
index 52c37b07b16..7fd66f442fe 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/realname-expand.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/realname-expand.exp
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
 
 standard_testfile .c realname-expand-real.c
 
+if [is_remote host] {
+    unsupported "Compiling on a remote host does not support a filename with directory."
+    return 0
+}
+
 set srcdirabs [file join [pwd] $srcdir]
 set srcfilelink [standard_output_file realname-expand-link.c]
 
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.linespec/macro-relative.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.linespec/macro-relative.exp
index c160877177e..c1506a9ade7 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.linespec/macro-relative.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.linespec/macro-relative.exp
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ if [using_fission] {
     return -1
 }
 
+if [is_remote host] {
+    unsupported "Compiling on a remote host does not support a filename with directory."
+    return 0
+}
+
 set opts {debug additional_flags=-I.}
 
 get_compiler_info