diff --git a/test/lexical_cast_float_types_test.cpp b/test/lexical_cast_float_types_test.cpp
index aafee05..0179865 100755
--- a/test/lexical_cast_float_types_test.cpp
+++ b/test/lexical_cast_float_types_test.cpp
@@ -297,12 +297,16 @@ void test_float_typess_for_overflows()
     BOOST_CHECK_CLOSE_FRACTION(maxvalue, lexical_cast<test_t>(maxvalue), (std::numeric_limits<test_t>::epsilon()));
     BOOST_CHECK_CLOSE_FRACTION(maxvalue, lexical_cast<test_t>(s_max_value), (std::numeric_limits<test_t>::epsilon()));
 
+#ifndef _LIBCPP_VERSION
+    // libc++ had a bug in implementation of stream conversions for values that must be represented as infinity. 
+    // http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=15723#c4
     BOOST_CHECK_THROW(lexical_cast<test_t>(s_max_value+"1"), bad_lexical_cast);
     BOOST_CHECK_THROW(lexical_cast<test_t>(s_max_value+"9"), bad_lexical_cast);
 
-    // VC9 can fail the fllowing tests on floats and doubles when using stingstream...
+    // VC9 can fail the following tests on floats and doubles when using stingstream...
     BOOST_CHECK_THROW(lexical_cast<test_t>("1"+s_max_value), bad_lexical_cast);
     BOOST_CHECK_THROW(lexical_cast<test_t>("9"+s_max_value), bad_lexical_cast);
+#endif
 
     if ( is_same<test_t,float>::value )
     {