diff --git a/tests/tcg/mips/Makefile.target b/tests/tcg/mips/Makefile.target
index 71f0c2dd53..086625f533 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/mips/Makefile.target
+++ b/tests/tcg/mips/Makefile.target
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ hello-mips: LDFLAGS+=-nostdlib
 
 # For MIPS32 and 64 we have a bunch of extra tests in sub-directories
 # however they are intended for system tests.
+
+run-hello-mips: hello-mips
+	$(call skip-test, $<, "BROKEN")
diff --git a/tests/tcg/sparc64/Makefile.target b/tests/tcg/sparc64/Makefile.target
index 408dace783..5bd7f90583 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/sparc64/Makefile.target
+++ b/tests/tcg/sparc64/Makefile.target
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # -*- Mode: makefile -*-
 #
-# sparc specific tweaks
+# sparc specific tweaks and masking out broken tests
+
+# different from the other hangs:
+# tests/tcg/multiarch/linux-test.c:264: Value too large for defined data type (ret=-1, errno=92/Value too large for defined data type)
+run-linux-test: linux-test
+	$(call skip-test, $<, "BROKEN")
 
 # On Sparc64 Linux support 8k pages
 EXTRA_RUNS+=run-test-mmap-8192