diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/harness.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/harness.c
index 532ddff8a669ad5614fcd25639aaea7645033524..8ebc58a09311da9a591a7c8efd1fb2025049c2fe 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/harness.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/harness.c
@@ -105,7 +105,10 @@ int test_harness(int (test_function)(void), char *name)
 
 	rc = run_test(test_function, name);
 
-	test_finish(name, rc);
+	if (rc == MAGIC_SKIP_RETURN_VALUE)
+		test_skip(name);
+	else
+		test_finish(name, rc);
 
 	return rc;
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/subunit.h b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/subunit.h
index 98a22920792d812b931fe7c5e7b86af58ba4ccec..9c6c4e901ab617671c669315bcc62280362b9104 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/subunit.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/subunit.h
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ static inline void test_error(char *name)
 	printf("error: %s\n", name);
 }
 
+static inline void test_skip(char *name)
+{
+	printf("skip: %s\n", name);
+}
+
 static inline void test_success(char *name)
 {
 	printf("success: %s\n", name);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/utils.h b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/utils.h
index 0de064406dabf5d7589f9cc094f133e12b1798a1..a93777ae06846a4df47e5fbb5241af92cb6d6928 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/utils.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/utils.h
@@ -31,6 +31,18 @@ do {								\
 	}							\
 } while (0)
 
+/* The test harness uses this, yes it's gross */
+#define MAGIC_SKIP_RETURN_VALUE	99
+
+#define SKIP_IF(x)						\
+do {								\
+	if ((x)) {						\
+		fprintf(stderr,					\
+		"[SKIP] Test skipped on line %d\n", __LINE__);	\
+		return MAGIC_SKIP_RETURN_VALUE;			\
+	}							\
+} while (0)
+
 #define _str(s) #s
 #define str(s) _str(s)