Let P be a topological property. A space X is said to be star P if whenever 𝒰 is an open cover of X, there exists a subspace A⊆X with property P such that X=St(A,𝒰), where St(A,𝒰)=⋃ {U∈𝒰:U∩A≠0̸}. In this paper we construct an example of a pseudocompact Tychonoff space that is not star Lindelöf, which gives a negative answer to Alas et al. [‘Countability and star covering properties’, Topology Appl.158 (2011), 620–626, Question 3].