diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 60c4e8f0e4..95c97f29b6 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
     const skip_non_native = b.option(bool, "skip-non-native", "Main test suite skips non-native builds") orelse false;
     const skip_libc = b.option(bool, "skip-libc", "Main test suite skips tests that link libc") orelse false;
     const skip_single_threaded = b.option(bool, "skip-single-threaded", "Main test suite skips tests that are single-threaded") orelse false;
+    const skip_compile_errors = b.option(bool, "skip-compile-errors", "Main test suite skips compile error tests") orelse false;
     const skip_translate_c = b.option(bool, "skip-translate-c", "Main test suite skips translate-c tests") orelse false;
     const skip_run_translated_c = b.option(bool, "skip-run-translated-c", "Main test suite skips run-translated-c tests") orelse false;
     const skip_freebsd = b.option(bool, "skip-freebsd", "Main test suite skips targets with freebsd OS") orelse false;
@@ -418,6 +419,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
     try tests.addCases(b, test_cases_step, target, .{
         .test_filters = test_filters,
         .test_target_filters = test_target_filters,
+        .skip_compile_errors = skip_compile_errors,
         .skip_non_native = skip_non_native,
         .skip_freebsd = skip_freebsd,
         .skip_netbsd = skip_netbsd,
diff --git a/test/src/Cases.zig b/test/src/Cases.zig
index 60a564bc16..7632a15232 100644
--- a/test/src/Cases.zig
+++ b/test/src/Cases.zig
@@ -593,6 +593,7 @@ pub fn lowerToTranslateCSteps(
 pub const CaseTestOptions = struct {
     test_filters: []const []const u8,
     test_target_filters: []const []const u8,
+    skip_compile_errors: bool,
     skip_non_native: bool,
     skip_freebsd: bool,
     skip_netbsd: bool,
@@ -618,6 +619,8 @@ pub fn lowerToBuildSteps(
             if (std.mem.indexOf(u8, case.name, test_filter)) |_| break;
         } else if (options.test_filters.len > 0) continue;
 
+        if (case.case.? == .Error and options.skip_compile_errors) continue;
+
         if (options.skip_non_native and !case.target.query.isNative())
             continue;