diff --git a/tests/run-make/libtest-thread-limit/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/libtest-thread-limit/rmake.rs
index be0eeaf1717..5decd802b34 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/libtest-thread-limit/rmake.rs
+++ b/tests/run-make/libtest-thread-limit/rmake.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 // Reason: thread limit modification
 //@ ignore-cross-compile
 // Reason: this test fails armhf-gnu, reasons unknown
+//@ needs-unwind
+// Reason: this should be ignored in cg_clif (Cranelift) CI and anywhere
+// else that uses panic=abort.
 
 use std::ffi::{self, CStr, CString};
 use std::path::PathBuf;