diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/compactify/test b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/compactify/pending
similarity index 59%
rename from sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/compactify/test
rename to sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/compactify/pending
index 3ca1fb2cd..e2abf578b 100644
--- a/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/compactify/test
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/compactify/pending
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# Marked pending due to https://github.com/sbt/sbt/issues/1553
+
 > output-empty
 > compile
 -> output-empty