diff --git a/generators/src/org/jetbrains/jet/generators/tests/GenerateTests.kt b/generators/src/org/jetbrains/jet/generators/tests/GenerateTests.kt
index e16d7fd26e8..404f7d0284f 100644
--- a/generators/src/org/jetbrains/jet/generators/tests/GenerateTests.kt
+++ b/generators/src/org/jetbrains/jet/generators/tests/GenerateTests.kt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.jetbrains.jet.generators.tests
 
 import org.jetbrains.jet.generators.tests.generator.TestGenerator
+import org.jetbrains.jet.generators.tests.generator.TestGenerator.TargetBackend
 import java.util.ArrayList
 import org.jetbrains.jet.generators.tests.generator.SimpleTestClassModel
 import java.io.File
@@ -674,15 +675,16 @@ private class TestGroup(val testsRoot: String, val testDataRoot: String) {
                 pattern: String = if (extension == null) """^([^\.]+)$""" else "^(.+)\\.$extension\$",
                 testMethod: String = "doTest",
                 singleClass: Boolean = false,
-                testClassName: String? = null
+                testClassName: String? = null,
+                targetBackend: TargetBackend = TargetBackend.ANY
         ) {
             val rootFile = File(testDataRoot + "/" + relativeRootPath)
             val compiledPattern = Pattern.compile(pattern)
             val className = testClassName ?: TestGeneratorUtil.fileNameToJavaIdentifier(rootFile)
             testModels.add(if (singleClass)
-                               SingleClassTestModel(rootFile, compiledPattern, testMethod, className)
+                               SingleClassTestModel(rootFile, compiledPattern, testMethod, className, targetBackend)
                            else
-                               SimpleTestClassModel(rootFile, recursive, excludeParentDirs, compiledPattern, testMethod, className))
+                               SimpleTestClassModel(rootFile, recursive, excludeParentDirs, compiledPattern, testMethod, className, targetBackend))
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/generators/src/org/jetbrains/jet/generators/tests/generator/SimpleTestClassModel.java b/generators/src/org/jetbrains/jet/generators/tests/generator/SimpleTestClassModel.java
index d3eaac25291..7053cb8bea9 100644
--- a/generators/src/org/jetbrains/jet/generators/tests/generator/SimpleTestClassModel.java
+++ b/generators/src/org/jetbrains/jet/generators/tests/generator/SimpleTestClassModel.java
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+import static org.jetbrains.jet.generators.tests.generator.TestGenerator.TargetBackend;
+
 public class SimpleTestClassModel implements TestClassModel {
     private static final Comparator<TestEntityModel> BY_NAME = new Comparator<TestEntityModel>() {
         @Override
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@ public class SimpleTestClassModel implements TestClassModel {
     private final String doTestMethodName;
     @NotNull
     private final String testClassName;
+    @NotNull
+    private final TargetBackend targetBackend;
     @Nullable
     private Collection<TestClassModel> innerTestClasses;
     @Nullable
@@ -60,7 +64,8 @@ public class SimpleTestClassModel implements TestClassModel {
             boolean excludeParentDirs,
             @NotNull Pattern filenamePattern,
             @NotNull String doTestMethodName,
-            @NotNull String testClassName
+            @NotNull String testClassName,
+            @NotNull TargetBackend targetBackend
     ) {
         this.rootFile = rootFile;
         this.recursive = recursive;
@@ -68,6 +73,7 @@ public class SimpleTestClassModel implements TestClassModel {
         this.filenamePattern = filenamePattern;
         this.doTestMethodName = doTestMethodName;
         this.testClassName = testClassName;
+        this.targetBackend = targetBackend;
     }
 
     @NotNull
@@ -85,7 +91,8 @@ public class SimpleTestClassModel implements TestClassModel {
                     if (file.isDirectory()) {
                         if (dirHasFilesInside(file)) {
                             String innerTestClassName = TestGeneratorUtil.fileNameToJavaIdentifier(file);
-                            children.add(new SimpleTestClassModel(file, true, excludeParentDirs, filenamePattern, doTestMethodName, innerTestClassName));
+                            children.add(new SimpleTestClassModel(file, true, excludeParentDirs, filenamePattern, doTestMethodName, innerTestClassName,
+                                                                  targetBackend));
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -123,7 +130,8 @@ public class SimpleTestClassModel implements TestClassModel {
     public Collection<TestMethodModel> getTestMethods() {
         if (testMethods == null) {
             if (!rootFile.isDirectory()) {
-                testMethods = Collections.<TestMethodModel>singletonList(new SimpleTestMethodModel(rootFile, rootFile, doTestMethodName, filenamePattern));
+                testMethods = Collections.<TestMethodModel>singletonList(new SimpleTestMethodModel(rootFile, rootFile, doTestMethodName, filenamePattern,
+                                                                                                   targetBackend));
             }
             else {
                 List<TestMethodModel> result = Lists.newArrayList();
@@ -139,7 +147,7 @@ public class SimpleTestClassModel implements TestClassModel {
                                 continue;
                             }
 
-                            result.add(new SimpleTestMethodModel(rootFile, file, doTestMethodName, filenamePattern));
+                            result.add(new SimpleTestMethodModel(rootFile, file, doTestMethodName, filenamePattern, targetBackend));
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/generators/src/org/jetbrains/jet/generators/tests/generator/SimpleTestMethodModel.java b/generators/src/org/jetbrains/jet/generators/tests/generator/SimpleTestMethodModel.java
index a1927a04472..2276bda04e8 100644
--- a/generators/src/org/jetbrains/jet/generators/tests/generator/SimpleTestMethodModel.java
+++ b/generators/src/org/jetbrains/jet/generators/tests/generator/SimpleTestMethodModel.java
@@ -19,13 +19,18 @@ package org.jetbrains.jet.generators.tests.generator;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.InTextDirectivesUtils;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.JetTestUtils;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.utils.Printer;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+import static org.jetbrains.jet.generators.tests.generator.TestGenerator.TargetBackend;
+
 public class SimpleTestMethodModel implements TestMethodModel {
     @NotNull
     private final File rootDir;
@@ -35,17 +40,21 @@ public class SimpleTestMethodModel implements TestMethodModel {
     private final String doTestMethodName;
     @NotNull
     private final Pattern filenamePattern;
+    @NotNull
+    private final TargetBackend targetBackend;
 
     public SimpleTestMethodModel(
             @NotNull File rootDir,
             @NotNull File file,
             @NotNull String doTestMethodName,
-            @NotNull Pattern filenamePattern
+            @NotNull Pattern filenamePattern,
+            @NotNull TargetBackend targetBackend
     ) {
         this.rootDir = rootDir;
         this.file = file;
         this.doTestMethodName = doTestMethodName;
         this.filenamePattern = filenamePattern;
+        this.targetBackend = targetBackend;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -60,6 +69,18 @@ public class SimpleTestMethodModel implements TestMethodModel {
         return JetTestUtils.getFilePath(new File(FileUtil.getRelativePath(rootDir, file)));
     }
 
+    private boolean isIgnored() {
+        if (targetBackend == TargetBackend.ANY) return false;
+
+        try {
+            String fileText = FileUtil.loadFile(file);
+            List<String> backends = InTextDirectivesUtils.findLinesWithPrefixesRemoved(fileText, "// TARGET_BACKEND: ");
+            return backends.size() > 0 && !targetBackend.name().equals(backends.get(0));
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getName() {
         Matcher matcher = filenamePattern.matcher(file.getName());
@@ -77,6 +98,6 @@ public class SimpleTestMethodModel implements TestMethodModel {
             String relativePath = FileUtil.getRelativePath(rootDir, file.getParentFile());
             unescapedName = relativePath + "-" + StringUtil.capitalize(extractedName);
         }
-        return "test" + StringUtil.capitalize(TestGeneratorUtil.escapeForJavaIdentifier(unescapedName));
+        return (isIgnored() ? "ignored" : "test") + StringUtil.capitalize(TestGeneratorUtil.escapeForJavaIdentifier(unescapedName));
     }
 }
diff --git a/generators/src/org/jetbrains/jet/generators/tests/generator/SingleClassTestModel.java b/generators/src/org/jetbrains/jet/generators/tests/generator/SingleClassTestModel.java
index 5b2c1947a99..f991c3758e9 100644
--- a/generators/src/org/jetbrains/jet/generators/tests/generator/SingleClassTestModel.java
+++ b/generators/src/org/jetbrains/jet/generators/tests/generator/SingleClassTestModel.java
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+import static org.jetbrains.jet.generators.tests.generator.TestGenerator.TargetBackend;
+
 public class SingleClassTestModel implements TestClassModel {
     @NotNull
     private final File rootFile;
@@ -42,6 +44,8 @@ public class SingleClassTestModel implements TestClassModel {
     private final String doTestMethodName;
     @NotNull
     private final String testClassName;
+    @NotNull
+    private final TargetBackend targetBackend;
     @Nullable
     private Collection<TestMethodModel> testMethods;
 
@@ -49,12 +53,14 @@ public class SingleClassTestModel implements TestClassModel {
             @NotNull File rootFile,
             @NotNull Pattern filenamePattern,
             @NotNull String doTestMethodName,
-            @NotNull String testClassName
+            @NotNull String testClassName,
+            @NotNull TargetBackend targetBackend
     ) {
         this.rootFile = rootFile;
         this.filenamePattern = filenamePattern;
         this.doTestMethodName = doTestMethodName;
         this.testClassName = testClassName;
+        this.targetBackend = targetBackend;
     }
 
     @NotNull
@@ -97,7 +103,8 @@ public class SingleClassTestModel implements TestClassModel {
 
     @NotNull
     protected Collection<TestMethodModel> getTestMethodsFromFile(File file) {
-        return Collections.<TestMethodModel>singletonList(new SimpleTestMethodModel(rootFile, file, doTestMethodName, filenamePattern));
+        return Collections.<TestMethodModel>singletonList(new SimpleTestMethodModel(rootFile, file, doTestMethodName, filenamePattern,
+                                                                                    targetBackend));
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/generators/src/org/jetbrains/jet/generators/tests/generator/TestGenerator.java b/generators/src/org/jetbrains/jet/generators/tests/generator/TestGenerator.java
index 7a61f67d51c..0c014bb1788 100644
--- a/generators/src/org/jetbrains/jet/generators/tests/generator/TestGenerator.java
+++ b/generators/src/org/jetbrains/jet/generators/tests/generator/TestGenerator.java
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 public class TestGenerator {
+
+    public static enum TargetBackend {
+        ANY,
+        ONLY_JVM,
+        ONLY_JS
+    }
+
     public static final String NAVIGATION_METADATA = "navigationMetadata";
 
     private static final Set<String> GENERATED_FILES = ContainerUtil.newHashSet();