9 files changed, 28 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/test/mir-opt/const-promotion-extern-static.rs b/src/test/mir-opt/const-promotion-extern-static.rs
index e63309a9bd2..9c30e040031 100644
--- a/src/test/mir-opt/const-promotion-extern-static.rs
+++ b/src/test/mir-opt/const-promotion-extern-static.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+// ignore-endian-big
 extern "C" {
     static X: i32;
 }
-
 static Y: i32 = 42;
 
 // EMIT_MIR const_promotion_extern_static.BAR.PromoteTemps.diff
diff --git a/src/test/mir-opt/const_allocation.rs b/src/test/mir-opt/const_allocation.rs
index bb1c48e8e3c..b0fcb86fcee 100644
--- a/src/test/mir-opt/const_allocation.rs
+++ b/src/test/mir-opt/const_allocation.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+// ignore-endian-big
 // EMIT_MIR_FOR_EACH_BIT_WIDTH
-
 static FOO: &[(Option<i32>, &[&str])] =
     &[(None, &[]), (None, &["foo", "bar"]), (Some(42), &["meh", "mop", "möp"])];
 
diff --git a/src/test/mir-opt/const_allocation2.rs b/src/test/mir-opt/const_allocation2.rs
index 56839255c0e..30afedffb39 100644
--- a/src/test/mir-opt/const_allocation2.rs
+++ b/src/test/mir-opt/const_allocation2.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+// ignore-endian-big
 // EMIT_MIR_FOR_EACH_BIT_WIDTH
-
 // EMIT_MIR const_allocation2.main.ConstProp.after.mir
 fn main() {
     FOO;
diff --git a/src/test/mir-opt/const_allocation3.rs b/src/test/mir-opt/const_allocation3.rs
index 2ce289aea3f..ddeb32ab9a5 100644
--- a/src/test/mir-opt/const_allocation3.rs
+++ b/src/test/mir-opt/const_allocation3.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+// ignore-endian-big
 // EMIT_MIR_FOR_EACH_BIT_WIDTH
-
 // EMIT_MIR const_allocation3.main.ConstProp.after.mir
 fn main() {
     FOO;
diff --git a/src/test/mir-opt/inline/inline-into-box-place.rs b/src/test/mir-opt/inline/inline-into-box-place.rs
index 30c9a5d6b8f..57298605b18 100644
--- a/src/test/mir-opt/inline/inline-into-box-place.rs
+++ b/src/test/mir-opt/inline/inline-into-box-place.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+// ignore-endian-big
 // ignore-wasm32-bare compiled with panic=abort by default
 // compile-flags: -Z mir-opt-level=3
 // EMIT_MIR_FOR_EACH_BIT_WIDTH
 #![feature(box_syntax)]
-
 // EMIT_MIR inline_into_box_place.main.Inline.diff
 fn main() {
     let _x: Box<Vec<u32>> = box Vec::new();
diff --git a/src/test/ui/simd/simd-intrinsic-generic-bitmask.rs b/src/test/ui/simd/simd-intrinsic-generic-bitmask.rs
index a323bd9e82b..8c436841b44 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/simd/simd-intrinsic-generic-bitmask.rs
+++ b/src/test/ui/simd/simd-intrinsic-generic-bitmask.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #![allow(non_camel_case_types)]
 
 // ignore-emscripten
+// ignore-endian-big behavior of simd_bitmask is endian-specific
 
 // Test that the simd_bitmask intrinsic produces correct results.
 
diff --git a/src/test/ui/simd/simd-intrinsic-generic-select.rs b/src/test/ui/simd/simd-intrinsic-generic-select.rs
index 22bda4fc9d9..dc9ec5d2760 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/simd/simd-intrinsic-generic-select.rs
+++ b/src/test/ui/simd/simd-intrinsic-generic-select.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@
 #![allow(non_camel_case_types)]
 
 // ignore-emscripten
-// ignore-mips       behavior of simd_select_bitmask is endian-specific
-// ignore-mips64     behavior of simd_select_bitmask is endian-specific
-// ignore-powerpc    behavior of simd_select_bitmask is endian-specific
-// ignore-powerpc64  behavior of simd_select_bitmask is endian-specific
+// ignore-endian-big behavior of simd_select_bitmask is endian-specific
 
 // Test that the simd_select intrinsics produces correct results.
 
diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/header.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/header.rs
index 2ab764eb920..99ab31ca067 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/header.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/header.rs
@@ -815,6 +815,7 @@ impl Config {
             name == util::get_pointer_width(&self.target) ||    // pointer width
             name == self.stage_id.split('-').next().unwrap() || // stage
             (self.target != self.host && name == "cross-compile") ||
+            (name == "endian-big" && util::is_big_endian(&self.target)) ||
             (self.remote_test_client.is_some() && name == "remote") ||
             match self.compare_mode {
                 Some(CompareMode::Nll) => name == "compare-mode-nll",
diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/util.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/util.rs
index 0437ff8c944..ddd7941b114 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/util.rs
@@ -99,6 +99,20 @@ pub const MSAN_SUPPORTED_TARGETS: &'static [&'static str] =
 pub const TSAN_SUPPORTED_TARGETS: &'static [&'static str] =
     &["aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu", "x86_64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"];
 
+const BIG_ENDIAN: &'static [&'static str] = &[
+    "armebv7r",
+    "mips",
+    "mips64",
+    "mipsisa32r6",
+    "mipsisa64r6",
+    "powerpc",
+    "powerpc64",
+    "s390x",
+    "sparc",
+    "sparc64",
+    "sparcv9",
+];
+
 pub fn matches_os(triple: &str, name: &str) -> bool {
     // For the wasm32 bare target we ignore anything also ignored on emscripten
     // and then we also recognize `wasm32-bare` as the os for the target
@@ -125,6 +139,12 @@ pub fn get_arch(triple: &str) -> &'static str {
     panic!("Cannot determine Architecture from triple");
 }
 
+/// Determine the endianness from `triple`
+pub fn is_big_endian(triple: &str) -> bool {
+    let triple_arch = triple.split('-').next().unwrap();
+    BIG_ENDIAN.contains(&triple_arch)
+}
+
 pub fn matches_env(triple: &str, name: &str) -> bool {
     if let Some(env) = triple.split('-').nth(3) { env.starts_with(name) } else { false }
 }