diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/header.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/header.rs
index 69658222ff3eb..a512599f723b7 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/header.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/header.rs
@@ -852,6 +852,7 @@ const KNOWN_DIRECTIVE_NAMES: &[&str] = &[
     "only-sparc64",
     "only-stable",
     "only-thumb",
+    "only-unix",
     "only-wasm32",
     "only-wasm32-bare",
     "only-windows",
diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/header/tests.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/header/tests.rs
index 433f3e8b5559c..cf300fbe74feb 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/header/tests.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/header/tests.rs
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ fn ignore_target() {
     assert!(check_ignore(&config, "//@ ignore-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"));
     assert!(check_ignore(&config, "//@ ignore-x86_64"));
     assert!(check_ignore(&config, "//@ ignore-linux"));
+    assert!(check_ignore(&config, "//@ ignore-unix"));
     assert!(check_ignore(&config, "//@ ignore-gnu"));
     assert!(check_ignore(&config, "//@ ignore-64bit"));
 
@@ -300,6 +301,7 @@ fn only_target() {
 
     assert!(check_ignore(&config, "//@ only-x86"));
     assert!(check_ignore(&config, "//@ only-linux"));
+    assert!(check_ignore(&config, "//@ only-unix"));
     assert!(check_ignore(&config, "//@ only-msvc"));
     assert!(check_ignore(&config, "//@ only-32bit"));