diff --git a/status/explicit-failures-markup.xml b/status/explicit-failures-markup.xml
index e851602e53..044bd46709 100644
--- a/status/explicit-failures-markup.xml
+++ b/status/explicit-failures-markup.xml
@@ -603,6 +603,24 @@
         </test>
     </library>
 
+    <!-- container-->
+    <library name="container">
+        <mark-unusable>
+            <toolset name="borland-5.*"/>
+            <toolset name="msvc-6.5*"/>
+            <toolset name="cw-9.*"/>
+            <toolset name="gcc-2.95*"/>
+            <toolset name="gcc-3.0*"/>
+            <toolset name="gcc-3.1*"/>
+            <toolset name="gcc-3.2*"/>
+            <toolset name="gcc-3.3*"/>
+            <toolset name="mipspro"/>
+            <toolset name="intel-linux-8.*"/>
+            <note author="Ion Gazta&#241;aga">
+                The compiler does not support features that are essential for the library.
+            </note>
+        </mark-unusable>
+    </library>
 
     <!-- conversion -->
     <library name="conversion">