2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/header.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/header.rs
index 351f97042d4..e414bc384f1 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/header.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/header.rs
@@ -837,6 +837,7 @@ const KNOWN_DIRECTIVE_NAMES: &[&str] = &[
     "needs-sanitizer-thread",
     "needs-threads",
     "needs-unwind",
+    "needs-wasmtime",
     "needs-xray",
     "no-prefer-dynamic",
     "normalize-stderr-32bit",
diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/header/needs.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/header/needs.rs
index d7c74038aea..db154932d5b 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/header/needs.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/header/needs.rs
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ pub(super) fn handle_needs(
             condition: config.target_cfg().relocation_model == "pic",
             ignore_reason: "ignored on targets without PIC relocation model",
         },
+        Need {
+            name: "needs-wasmtime",
+            condition: config.runner.as_ref().is_some_and(|r| r.contains("wasmtime")),
+            ignore_reason: "ignored when wasmtime runner is not available",
+        },
     ];
 
     let (name, comment) = match ln.split_once([':', ' ']) {