diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
index f57f1548ac..87002e0e2c 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
@@ -282,12 +282,15 @@ def notrun(reason):
     print '%s not run: %s' % (seq, reason)
     sys.exit(0)
 
-def main(supported_fmts=[]):
+def main(supported_fmts=[], supported_oses=['linux']):
     '''Run tests'''
 
     if supported_fmts and (imgfmt not in supported_fmts):
         notrun('not suitable for this image format: %s' % imgfmt)
 
+    if sys.platform not in supported_oses:
+        notrun('not suitable for this OS: %s' % sys.platform)
+
     # We need to filter out the time taken from the output so that qemu-iotest
     # can reliably diff the results against master output.
     import StringIO