diff --git a/tests/tcg/nios2/Makefile.target b/tests/tcg/nios2/Makefile.target
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+# nios2 specific test tweaks
+
+# Currently nios2 signal handling is broken
+run-signals: signals
+	$(call skip-test, $<, "BROKEN")
+run-plugin-signals-with-%:
+	$(call skip-test, $<, "BROKEN")
+run-linux-test: linux-test
+	$(call skip-test, $<, "BROKEN")
+run-plugin-linux-test-with-%:
+	$(call skip-test, $<, "BROKEN")