diff --git a/tests/gem5/suite.py b/tests/gem5/suite.py
index 8a8c76d..2c48797 100644
--- a/tests/gem5/suite.py
+++ b/tests/gem5/suite.py
@@ -75,6 +75,16 @@
     '''
     fixtures = list(fixtures)
     testsuites = []
+
+    # Obtain the set of tests to ignore. This is found in the
+    # ".testignore" file.
+    __location__ = os.path.realpath(
+        os.path.join(os.getcwd(), os.path.dirname(__file__)))
+    _test_ignore_file_loc = os.path.join(__location__,".testignore")
+    ignore = set()
+    if os.path.exists(_test_ignore_file_loc):
+        ignore.update(open(_test_ignore_file_loc).read().splitlines())
+
     for opt in valid_variants:
         for isa in valid_isas:
 
@@ -91,6 +101,11 @@
             if protocol:
                 _name += '-'+protocol
 
+            # We check to see if this test suite is to be ignored. If so, we
+            # skip it.
+            if _name in ignore:
+                continue
+
             # Create the running of gem5 subtest.
             # NOTE: We specifically create this test before our verifiers so
             # this is listed first.