diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_misc.h b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_misc.h
index a70939c7bc26ba..a225cd87897c41 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_misc.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_misc.h
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@
  * __auxiliary         Annotated program is not a separate test, but used as auxiliary
  *                     for some other test cases and should always be loaded.
  * __auxiliary_unpriv  Same, but load program in unprivileged mode.
+ *
+ * __arch_*          Specify on which architecture the test case should be tested.
+ *                   Several __arch_* annotations could be specified at once.
+ *                   When test case is not run on current arch it is marked as skipped.
  */
 #define __msg(msg)		__attribute__((btf_decl_tag("comment:test_expect_msg=" msg)))
 #define __regex(regex)		__attribute__((btf_decl_tag("comment:test_expect_regex=" regex)))
@@ -82,6 +86,10 @@
 #define __auxiliary		__attribute__((btf_decl_tag("comment:test_auxiliary")))
 #define __auxiliary_unpriv	__attribute__((btf_decl_tag("comment:test_auxiliary_unpriv")))
 #define __btf_path(path)	__attribute__((btf_decl_tag("comment:test_btf_path=" path)))
+#define __arch(arch)		__attribute__((btf_decl_tag("comment:test_arch=" arch)))
+#define __arch_x86_64		__arch("X86_64")
+#define __arch_arm64		__arch("ARM64")
+#define __arch_riscv64		__arch("RISCV64")
 
 /* Convenience macro for use with 'asm volatile' blocks */
 #define __naked __attribute__((naked))
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_loader.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_loader.c
index b44b6a2fc82ce9..12b0c41e8d64c3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_loader.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_loader.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #define TEST_TAG_AUXILIARY "comment:test_auxiliary"
 #define TEST_TAG_AUXILIARY_UNPRIV "comment:test_auxiliary_unpriv"
 #define TEST_BTF_PATH "comment:test_btf_path="
+#define TEST_TAG_ARCH "comment:test_arch="
 
 /* Warning: duplicated in bpf_misc.h */
 #define POINTER_VALUE	0xcafe4all
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ struct test_spec {
 	int log_level;
 	int prog_flags;
 	int mode_mask;
+	int arch_mask;
 	bool auxiliary;
 	bool valid;
 };
@@ -213,6 +215,12 @@ static void update_flags(int *flags, int flag, bool clear)
 		*flags |= flag;
 }
 
+enum arch {
+	ARCH_X86_64	= 0x1,
+	ARCH_ARM64	= 0x2,
+	ARCH_RISCV64	= 0x4,
+};
+
 /* Uses btf_decl_tag attributes to describe the expected test
  * behavior, see bpf_misc.h for detailed description of each attribute
  * and attribute combinations.
@@ -226,6 +234,7 @@ static int parse_test_spec(struct test_loader *tester,
 	bool has_unpriv_result = false;
 	bool has_unpriv_retval = false;
 	int func_id, i, err = 0;
+	u32 arch_mask = 0;
 	struct btf *btf;
 
 	memset(spec, 0, sizeof(*spec));
@@ -364,11 +373,26 @@ static int parse_test_spec(struct test_loader *tester,
 					goto cleanup;
 				update_flags(&spec->prog_flags, flags, clear);
 			}
+		} else if (str_has_pfx(s, TEST_TAG_ARCH)) {
+			val = s + sizeof(TEST_TAG_ARCH) - 1;
+			if (strcmp(val, "X86_64") == 0) {
+				arch_mask |= ARCH_X86_64;
+			} else if (strcmp(val, "ARM64") == 0) {
+				arch_mask |= ARCH_ARM64;
+			} else if (strcmp(val, "RISCV64") == 0) {
+				arch_mask |= ARCH_RISCV64;
+			} else {
+				PRINT_FAIL("bad arch spec: '%s'", val);
+				err = -EINVAL;
+				goto cleanup;
+			}
 		} else if (str_has_pfx(s, TEST_BTF_PATH)) {
 			spec->btf_custom_path = s + sizeof(TEST_BTF_PATH) - 1;
 		}
 	}
 
+	spec->arch_mask = arch_mask;
+
 	if (spec->mode_mask == 0)
 		spec->mode_mask = PRIV;
 
@@ -677,6 +701,20 @@ static int get_xlated_program_text(int prog_fd, char *text, size_t text_sz)
 	return err;
 }
 
+static bool run_on_current_arch(int arch_mask)
+{
+	if (arch_mask == 0)
+		return true;
+#if defined(__x86_64__)
+	return arch_mask & ARCH_X86_64;
+#elif defined(__aarch64__)
+	return arch_mask & ARCH_ARM64;
+#elif defined(__riscv) && __riscv_xlen == 64
+	return arch_mask & ARCH_RISCV64;
+#endif
+	return false;
+}
+
 /* this function is forced noinline and has short generic name to look better
  * in test_progs output (in case of a failure)
  */
@@ -701,6 +739,11 @@ void run_subtest(struct test_loader *tester,
 	if (!test__start_subtest(subspec->name))
 		return;
 
+	if (!run_on_current_arch(spec->arch_mask)) {
+		test__skip();
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (unpriv) {
 		if (!can_execute_unpriv(tester, spec)) {
 			test__skip();