diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/markdown.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/markdown.rs
index 8877f628332c9..fec12df94da52 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/markdown.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/markdown.rs
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ pub(crate) fn find_testable_code<T: doctest::Tester>(
                     }
                     CodeBlockKind::Indented => Default::default(),
                 };
-                if !block_info.rust {
+                if !block_info.rust || block_info.no_compile {
                     continue;
                 }
 
@@ -843,6 +843,7 @@ pub(crate) struct LangString {
     pub(crate) rust: bool,
     pub(crate) test_harness: bool,
     pub(crate) compile_fail: bool,
+    pub(crate) no_compile: bool,
     pub(crate) error_codes: Vec<String>,
     pub(crate) edition: Option<Edition>,
 }
@@ -864,6 +865,7 @@ impl Default for LangString {
             rust: true,
             test_harness: false,
             compile_fail: false,
+            no_compile: false,
             error_codes: Vec::new(),
             edition: None,
         }
@@ -932,6 +934,10 @@ impl LangString {
                     data.ignore = Ignore::All;
                     seen_rust_tags = !seen_other_tags;
                 }
+                "no_compile" => {
+                    data.no_compile = true;
+                    seen_rust_tags = !seen_other_tags;
+                }
                 x if x.starts_with("ignore-") => {
                     if enable_per_target_ignores {
                         ignores.push(x.trim_start_matches("ignore-").to_owned());
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc-ui/no_compile.rs b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/no_compile.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..515f52faa3627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/no_compile.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// check-pass
+
+// compile-flags:--test --test-args=--include-ignored --test-args=--test-threads=1
+// normalize-stdout-test: "src/test/rustdoc-ui" -> "$$DIR"
+// normalize-stdout-test "finished in \d+\.\d+s" -> "finished in $$TIME"
+
+/// These code blocks should be treated as rust code in documentation, but never
+/// treated as a test and compiled, even when testing ignored tests.
+///
+/// ```rust,no_compile
+/// // haha rustc
+/// i"have" 0utsmarted k#thee
+/// ```
+///
+/// ```no_compile
+/// // haha rustc
+/// i"have" 0utsmarted k#thee
+/// ```
+///
+/// For comparison, ignore does get run:
+///
+/// ```ignore (but-actually-we-include-ignored)
+/// println!("Hello, world");
+/// ```
+struct S;
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc-ui/no_compile.stdout b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/no_compile.stdout
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7816a9294c699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc-ui/no_compile.stdout
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+running 1 test
+test $DIR/no_compile.rs - S (line 22) ... ok
+
+test result: ok. 1 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in $TIME
+