diff --git a/status/explicit-failures-markup.xml b/status/explicit-failures-markup.xml
index 04d9f8a0a6..06b605ad62 100644
--- a/status/explicit-failures-markup.xml
+++ b/status/explicit-failures-markup.xml
@@ -464,6 +464,19 @@
         </mark-expected-failures>
     </library>
 
+    <!-- build -->
+    <library name="build">
+        <test name="timedata">
+            <mark-failure>
+                <toolset name="msvc-7.1"/>
+                <toolset name="msvc-8.0"/>
+                <toolset name="msvc-9.0"/>
+                <note author="Vladimir Prus">
+                  See https://zigzag.lvk.cs.msu.su:7813/boost.build/ticket/218
+                </note>
+            </mark-failure>
+        </test>
+    </library>
 
     <!-- circular_buffer -->
     <library name="circular_buffer">