diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/xa_recovery.test b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/xa_recovery.test
index d62206d57bb..62683a2250b 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/xa_recovery.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/xa_recovery.test
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 --source include/have_innodb.inc
+# Embedded server does not support restarting.
+--source include/not_embedded.inc
 
 CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT) ENGINE=InnoDB;
 INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1);