diff --git a/src/compiletest/header.rs b/src/compiletest/header.rs
index 60ef76528e849..50fe42b8fee9c 100644
--- a/src/compiletest/header.rs
+++ b/src/compiletest/header.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2012-2013 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// Copyright 2012-2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
 // file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
 // http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
 //
@@ -144,9 +144,13 @@ pub fn load_props(testfile: &Path) -> TestProps {
 }
 
 pub fn is_test_ignored(config: &Config, testfile: &Path) -> bool {
-    fn ignore_target(config: &Config) -> String {
+    fn ignore_os(config: &Config) -> String {
         format!("ignore-{}", util::get_os(config.target.as_slice()))
     }
+    fn ignore_arch(config: &Config) -> String {
+        format!("ignore-{}",
+                config.target.as_slice().split('-').next().unwrap())
+    }
     fn ignore_stage(config: &Config) -> String {
         format!("ignore-{}",
                 config.stage_id.as_slice().split('-').next().unwrap())
@@ -209,7 +213,8 @@ pub fn is_test_ignored(config: &Config, testfile: &Path) -> bool {
 
     let val = iter_header(testfile, |ln| {
         !parse_name_directive(ln, "ignore-test") &&
-        !parse_name_directive(ln, ignore_target(config).as_slice()) &&
+        !parse_name_directive(ln, ignore_os(config).as_slice()) &&
+        !parse_name_directive(ln, ignore_arch(config).as_slice()) &&
         !parse_name_directive(ln, ignore_stage(config).as_slice()) &&
         !(config.mode == common::Pretty && parse_name_directive(ln, "ignore-pretty")) &&
         !(config.target != config.host && parse_name_directive(ln, "ignore-cross-compile")) &&