diff --git a/config.example.toml b/config.example.toml
index f5395375afe4c..865f53e6a59be 100644
--- a/config.example.toml
+++ b/config.example.toml
@@ -420,6 +420,9 @@
 # What custom diff tool to use for displaying compiletest tests.
 #compiletest-diff-tool = <none>
 
+# List of tests or directories to exclude from the test suite. For example, exclude = ["tests/assembly", "tests/codegen"];
+#exclude = []
+
 # Indicates whether ccache is used when building certain artifacts (e.g. LLVM).
 # Set to `true` to use the first `ccache` in PATH, or set an absolute path to use
 # a specific version.
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/mod.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/mod.rs
index daef8fa3c8a34..8963386dd3373 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/mod.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/mod.rs
@@ -257,8 +257,10 @@ impl PathSet {
 
     fn has(&self, needle: &Path, module: Kind) -> bool {
         match self {
-            PathSet::Set(set) => set.iter().any(|p| Self::check(p, needle, module)),
-            PathSet::Suite(suite) => Self::check(suite, needle, module),
+            PathSet::Set(set) => {
+                set.iter().any(|p| p.path == needle && Self::check(p, needle, module))
+            }
+            PathSet::Suite(suite) => suite.path == needle && Self::check(suite, needle, module),
         }
     }
 
@@ -426,13 +428,28 @@ impl StepDescription {
     }
 
     fn is_excluded(&self, builder: &Builder<'_>, pathset: &PathSet) -> bool {
-        if builder.config.skip.iter().any(|e| pathset.has(e, builder.kind)) {
+        // Helper function to determine if a path is explicitly excluded
+        let is_path_excluded = |exclude: &PathBuf| {
+            let exclude_path: &Path = exclude.as_path();
+            pathset.has(exclude_path, builder.kind)
+        };
+        // Check if the path is excluded by the --exclude flags
+        if builder.config.skip.iter().any(is_path_excluded) {
             if !matches!(builder.config.dry_run, DryRun::SelfCheck) {
-                println!("Skipping {pathset:?} because it is excluded");
+                println!("Skipping {pathset:?} because it is excluded by --exclude flag");
             }
             return true;
         }
-
+        // Check if the path is excluded by the exclude field in config.toml
+        if let Some(ref excludes) = builder.config.exclude {
+            if excludes.iter().any(is_path_excluded) {
+                if !matches!(builder.config.dry_run, DryRun::SelfCheck) {
+                    println!("Skipping {pathset:?} because it is excluded by config.toml");
+                }
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        // Verbose logging if not excluded
         if !builder.config.skip.is_empty() && !matches!(builder.config.dry_run, DryRun::SelfCheck) {
             builder.verbose(|| {
                 println!(
@@ -441,6 +458,7 @@ impl StepDescription {
                 )
             });
         }
+
         false
     }
 
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
index d27a8b155df73..780e16454b227 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
@@ -396,6 +396,9 @@ pub struct Config {
 
     /// Command for visual diff display, e.g. `diff-tool --color=always`.
     pub compiletest_diff_tool: Option<String>,
+
+    // For excluding tests from the test suite
+    pub exclude: Option<Vec<PathBuf>>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
@@ -935,6 +938,7 @@ define_config! {
         optimized_compiler_builtins: Option<bool> = "optimized-compiler-builtins",
         jobs: Option<u32> = "jobs",
         compiletest_diff_tool: Option<String> = "compiletest-diff-tool",
+        exclude: Option<Vec<String>> = "exclude",
         ccache: Option<StringOrBool> = "ccache",
     }
 }
@@ -1624,6 +1628,7 @@ impl Config {
             optimized_compiler_builtins,
             jobs,
             compiletest_diff_tool,
+            exclude,
             mut ccache,
         } = toml.build.unwrap_or_default();
 
@@ -2315,6 +2320,7 @@ impl Config {
         config.optimized_compiler_builtins =
             optimized_compiler_builtins.unwrap_or(config.channel != "dev");
         config.compiletest_diff_tool = compiletest_diff_tool;
+        config.exclude = exclude.map(|excludes| excludes.into_iter().map(PathBuf::from).collect());
 
         let download_rustc = config.download_rustc_commit.is_some();
         // See https://github.com/rust-lang/compiler-team/issues/326