diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ca69fe8a..7b603d0a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ui_test"
-version = "0.16.1"
+version = "0.16.2"
 dependencies = [
  "annotate-snippets",
  "anyhow",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fa28c1e3..b902b00c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ui_test"
-version = "0.16.1"
+version = "0.16.2"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 description = "A test framework for testing rustc diagnostics output"
diff --git a/src/config/args.rs b/src/config/args.rs
index 67e243a3..26a7c59f 100644
--- a/src/config/args.rs
+++ b/src/config/args.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 //! Default argument processing when `ui_test` is used
 //! as a test driver.
 
-use std::num::NonZeroUsize;
+use std::{borrow::Cow, num::NonZeroUsize};
 
-use color_eyre::eyre::{bail, eyre, Result};
+use color_eyre::eyre::{bail, ensure, eyre, Result};
 
 /// Plain arguments if `ui_test` is used as a binary.
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ pub struct Args {
 
     /// The number of threads to use
     pub threads: NonZeroUsize,
+
+    /// Skip tests whose names contain any of these entries.
+    pub skip: Vec<String>,
 }
 
 impl Args {
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@ impl Args {
             filters: vec![],
             quiet: false,
             check: false,
+            skip: vec![],
             threads: match std::env::var_os("RUST_TEST_THREADS") {
                 None => std::thread::available_parallelism()?,
                 Some(n) => n
@@ -37,7 +41,8 @@ impl Args {
                     .parse()?,
             },
         };
-        for arg in std::env::args().skip(1) {
+        let mut iter = std::env::args().skip(1);
+        while let Some(arg) = iter.next() {
             if arg == "--" {
                 continue;
             }
@@ -45,12 +50,17 @@ impl Args {
                 args.quiet = true;
             } else if arg == "--check" {
                 args.check = true;
+            } else if let Some(skip) = parse_value("--skip", &arg, &mut iter)? {
+                args.skip.push(skip.into_owned());
             } else if arg == "--help" {
-                bail!("available flags: --quiet, --check, --test-threads=n")
-            } else if let Some(n) = arg.strip_prefix("--test-threads=") {
+                bail!("available flags: --quiet, --check, --test-threads=n, --skip")
+            } else if let Some(n) = parse_value("--test-threads", &arg, &mut iter)? {
                 args.threads = n.parse()?;
             } else if arg.starts_with("--") {
-                bail!("unknown command line flag `{arg}`");
+                bail!(
+                    "unknown command line flag `{arg}`: {:?}",
+                    std::env::args().collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                );
             } else {
                 args.filters.push(arg);
             }
@@ -58,3 +68,25 @@ impl Args {
         Ok(args)
     }
 }
+
+fn parse_value<'a>(
+    name: &str,
+    arg: &'a str,
+    iter: &mut impl Iterator<Item = String>,
+) -> Result<Option<Cow<'a, str>>> {
+    let with_eq = match arg.strip_prefix(name) {
+        Some(s) => s,
+        None => return Ok(None),
+    };
+    if let Some(n) = with_eq.strip_prefix('=') {
+        Ok(Some(n.into()))
+    } else {
+        ensure!(with_eq.is_empty(), "`{name}` can only be followed by `=`");
+
+        if let Some(next) = iter.next() {
+            Ok(Some(next.into()))
+        } else {
+            bail!("`name` must be followed by a value")
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 8184c39f..b0b501fe 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -250,7 +250,12 @@ pub fn run_tests_generic(
                     for entry in entries {
                         todo.push_back((entry, config));
                     }
-                } else if file_filter(&path, &args, config) {
+                } else if !args
+                    .skip
+                    .iter()
+                    .any(|skip| path.display().to_string().contains(skip))
+                    && file_filter(&path, &args, config)
+                {
                     let status = status_emitter.register_test(path);
                     // Forward .rs files to the test workers.
                     submit.send((status, config)).unwrap();
diff --git a/tests/integrations/basic-bin/Cargo.lock b/tests/integrations/basic-bin/Cargo.lock
index 5488e026..018e709f 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/basic-bin/Cargo.lock
+++ b/tests/integrations/basic-bin/Cargo.lock
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ui_test"
-version = "0.16.1"
+version = "0.16.2"
 dependencies = [
  "annotate-snippets",
  "anyhow",
diff --git a/tests/integrations/basic-fail-mode/Cargo.lock b/tests/integrations/basic-fail-mode/Cargo.lock
index 07392fd6..74c4139c 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/basic-fail-mode/Cargo.lock
+++ b/tests/integrations/basic-fail-mode/Cargo.lock
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ui_test"
-version = "0.16.1"
+version = "0.16.2"
 dependencies = [
  "annotate-snippets",
  "anyhow",
diff --git a/tests/integrations/basic-fail/Cargo.lock b/tests/integrations/basic-fail/Cargo.lock
index fc2fe867..706632d1 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/basic-fail/Cargo.lock
+++ b/tests/integrations/basic-fail/Cargo.lock
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ui_test"
-version = "0.16.1"
+version = "0.16.2"
 dependencies = [
  "annotate-snippets",
  "anyhow",
diff --git a/tests/integrations/basic/Cargo.lock b/tests/integrations/basic/Cargo.lock
index 0139089d..dc058c19 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/basic/Cargo.lock
+++ b/tests/integrations/basic/Cargo.lock
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ui_test"
-version = "0.16.1"
+version = "0.16.2"
 dependencies = [
  "annotate-snippets",
  "anyhow",