diff --git a/include/kunit/test.h b/include/kunit/test.h
index 9b0c46a6ca1f..7817c5580b2c 100644
--- a/include/kunit/test.h
+++ b/include/kunit/test.h
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ struct kunit_suite {
 	/* private - internal use only */
 	struct dentry *debugfs;
 	char *log;
+	const char *skip_directive;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -213,6 +214,8 @@ struct kunit {
 	 * protect it with some type of lock.
 	 */
 	struct list_head resources; /* Protected by lock. */
+
+	const char *skip_directive;
 };
 
 void kunit_init_test(struct kunit *test, const char *name, char *log);
@@ -391,6 +394,15 @@ void kunit_cleanup(struct kunit *test);
 
 void kunit_log_append(char *log, const char *fmt, ...);
 
+#define kunit_mark_skipped(test_or_suite, reason)			\
+	(test_or_suite)->skip_directive = "SKIP " reason
+
+#define kunit_skip(test_or_suite, reason)				\
+	do {								\
+		kunit_mark_skipped(test_or_suite, reason);		\
+		kunit_try_catch_throw(&((test_or_suite)->try_catch));	\
+	} while (0)
+
 /*
  * printk and log to per-test or per-suite log buffer.  Logging only done
  * if CONFIG_KUNIT_DEBUGFS is 'y'; if it is 'n', no log is allocated/used.
diff --git a/lib/kunit/kunit-example-test.c b/lib/kunit/kunit-example-test.c
index be1164ecc476..998401a61458 100644
--- a/lib/kunit/kunit-example-test.c
+++ b/lib/kunit/kunit-example-test.c
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ static void example_simple_test(struct kunit *test)
 	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 1 + 1, 2);
 }
 
+static void example_skip_test(struct kunit *test)
+{
+	kunit_skip(test, "this test should be skipped");
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 1 + 1, 2);
+}
+
 /*
  * This is run once before each test case, see the comment on
  * example_test_suite for more information.
@@ -52,6 +58,7 @@ static struct kunit_case example_test_cases[] = {
 	 * test suite.
 	 */
 	KUNIT_CASE(example_simple_test),
+	KUNIT_CASE(example_skip_test),
 	{}
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/kunit/test.c b/lib/kunit/test.c
index ccb2ffad8dcf..84b9be3a8da7 100644
--- a/lib/kunit/test.c
+++ b/lib/kunit/test.c
@@ -79,10 +79,12 @@ static void kunit_print_ok_not_ok(void *test_or_suite,
 				  bool is_test,
 				  bool is_ok,
 				  size_t test_number,
-				  const char *description)
+				  const char *description,
+				  const char *directive)
 {
 	struct kunit_suite *suite = is_test ? NULL : test_or_suite;
 	struct kunit *test = is_test ? test_or_suite : NULL;
+	const char *directive_header = directive ? " # " : "";
 
 	/*
 	 * We do not log the test suite results as doing so would
@@ -93,13 +95,16 @@ static void kunit_print_ok_not_ok(void *test_or_suite,
 	 * representation.
 	 */
 	if (suite)
-		pr_info("%s %zd - %s\n",
+		pr_info("%s %zd - %s%s%s\n",
 			kunit_status_to_string(is_ok),
-			test_number, description);
+			test_number, description,
+			directive_header, directive ? directive : "");
 	else
-		kunit_log(KERN_INFO, test, KUNIT_SUBTEST_INDENT "%s %zd - %s",
+		kunit_log(KERN_INFO, test,
+			  KUNIT_SUBTEST_INDENT "%s %zd - %s%s%s",
 			  kunit_status_to_string(is_ok),
-			  test_number, description);
+			  test_number, description,
+			  directive_header, directive ? directive : "");
 }
 
 bool kunit_suite_has_succeeded(struct kunit_suite *suite)
@@ -122,7 +127,8 @@ static void kunit_print_subtest_end(struct kunit_suite *suite)
 	kunit_print_ok_not_ok((void *)suite, false,
 			      kunit_suite_has_succeeded(suite),
 			      kunit_suite_counter++,
-			      suite->name);
+			      suite->name,
+			      suite->skip_directive);
 }
 
 unsigned int kunit_test_case_num(struct kunit_suite *suite,
@@ -232,6 +238,7 @@ void kunit_init_test(struct kunit *test, const char *name, char *log)
 	if (test->log)
 		test->log[0] = '\0';
 	test->success = true;
+	test->skip_directive = NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kunit_init_test);
 
@@ -357,7 +364,8 @@ static void kunit_run_case_catch_errors(struct kunit_suite *suite,
 
 	kunit_print_ok_not_ok(&test, true, test_case->success,
 			      kunit_test_case_num(suite, test_case),
-			      test_case->name);
+			      test_case->name,
+			      test.skip_directive);
 }
 
 int kunit_run_tests(struct kunit_suite *suite)
@@ -378,6 +386,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kunit_run_tests);
 static void kunit_init_suite(struct kunit_suite *suite)
 {
 	kunit_debugfs_create_suite(suite);
+	suite->skip_directive = NULL;
 }
 
 int __kunit_test_suites_init(struct kunit_suite **suites)
diff --git a/tools/testing/kunit/kunit_parser.py b/tools/testing/kunit/kunit_parser.py
index 64aac9dcd431..ecfc8ee1da2f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/kunit/kunit_parser.py
+++ b/tools/testing/kunit/kunit_parser.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class TestCase(object):
 class TestStatus(Enum):
 	SUCCESS = auto()
 	FAILURE = auto()
+	SKIPPED = auto()
 	TEST_CRASHED = auto()
 	NO_TESTS = auto()
 
@@ -107,6 +108,8 @@ def save_non_diagnositic(lines: List[str], test_case: TestCase) -> None:
 
 OkNotOkResult = namedtuple('OkNotOkResult', ['is_ok','description', 'text'])
 
+OK_NOT_OK_SKIP = re.compile(r'^[\s]*(ok|not ok) [0-9]+ - (.*) # SKIP (.*)$')
+
 OK_NOT_OK_SUBTEST = re.compile(r'^[\s]+(ok|not ok) [0-9]+ - (.*)$')
 
 OK_NOT_OK_MODULE = re.compile(r'^(ok|not ok) [0-9]+ - (.*)$')
@@ -124,6 +127,10 @@ def parse_ok_not_ok_test_case(lines: List[str], test_case: TestCase) -> bool:
 	if match:
 		test_case.log.append(lines.pop(0))
 		test_case.name = match.group(2)
+		skip_match = OK_NOT_OK_SKIP.match(line)
+		if skip_match:
+			test_case.status = TestStatus.SKIPPED
+			return True
 		if test_case.status == TestStatus.TEST_CRASHED:
 			return True
 		if match.group(1) == 'ok':
@@ -190,9 +197,9 @@ def max_status(left: TestStatus, right: TestStatus) -> TestStatus:
 		return TestStatus.TEST_CRASHED
 	elif left == TestStatus.FAILURE or right == TestStatus.FAILURE:
 		return TestStatus.FAILURE
-	elif left != TestStatus.SUCCESS:
+	elif left != TestStatus.SUCCESS and left != TestStatus.SKIPPED:
 		return left
-	elif right != TestStatus.SUCCESS:
+	elif right != TestStatus.SUCCESS and right != TestStatus.SKIPPED:
 		return right
 	else:
 		return TestStatus.SUCCESS
@@ -281,10 +288,13 @@ def parse_run_tests(kernel_output) -> TestResult:
 	total_tests = 0
 	failed_tests = 0
 	crashed_tests = 0
+	skipped_tests = 0
 	test_result = parse_test_result(list(isolate_kunit_output(kernel_output)))
 	for test_suite in test_result.suites:
 		if test_suite.status == TestStatus.SUCCESS:
 			print_suite_divider(green('[PASSED] ') + test_suite.name)
+		elif test_suite.status == TestStatus.SKIPPED:
+			print_suite_divider(yellow('[SKIPPED] ') + test_suite.name)
 		elif test_suite.status == TestStatus.TEST_CRASHED:
 			print_suite_divider(red('[CRASHED] ' + test_suite.name))
 		else:
@@ -293,6 +303,9 @@ def parse_run_tests(kernel_output) -> TestResult:
 			total_tests += 1
 			if test_case.status == TestStatus.SUCCESS:
 				print_with_timestamp(green('[PASSED] ') + test_case.name)
+			elif test_case.status == TestStatus.SKIPPED:
+				skipped_tests += 1
+				print_with_timestamp(yellow('[SKIPPED] ') + test_case.name)
 			elif test_case.status == TestStatus.TEST_CRASHED:
 				crashed_tests += 1
 				print_with_timestamp(red('[CRASHED] ' + test_case.name))
@@ -306,6 +319,6 @@ def parse_run_tests(kernel_output) -> TestResult:
 	print_with_timestamp(DIVIDER)
 	fmt = green if test_result.status == TestStatus.SUCCESS else red
 	print_with_timestamp(
-		fmt('Testing complete. %d tests run. %d failed. %d crashed.' %
-		    (total_tests, failed_tests, crashed_tests)))
+		fmt('Testing complete. %d tests run. %d failed. %d crashed. %d skipped.' %
+		    (total_tests, failed_tests, crashed_tests, skipped_tests)))
 	return test_result
