diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/toml/target.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/toml/target.rs
index 7f074d1b25e08..b8fc3e74c354d 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/toml/target.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/toml/target.rs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ pub struct Target {
 impl Target {
     pub fn from_triple(triple: &str) -> Self {
         let mut target: Self = Default::default();
-        if triple.contains("-none") || triple.contains("nvptx") || triple.contains("switch") {
+        if !build_helper::targets::target_supports_std(triple) {
             target.no_std = true;
         }
         if triple.contains("emscripten") {
diff --git a/src/build_helper/src/lib.rs b/src/build_helper/src/lib.rs
index 1f5cf72364110..05de8fd2d42f1 100644
--- a/src/build_helper/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/build_helper/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ pub mod fs;
 pub mod git;
 pub mod metrics;
 pub mod stage0_parser;
+pub mod targets;
 pub mod util;
 
 /// The default set of crates for opt-dist to collect LLVM profiles.
diff --git a/src/build_helper/src/targets.rs b/src/build_helper/src/targets.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cccc413368bc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/build_helper/src/targets.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// FIXME(#142296): this hack is because there is no reliable way (yet) to determine whether a given
+// target supports std. In the long-term, we should try to implement a way to *reliably* determine
+// target (std) metadata.
+//
+// NOTE: this is pulled out to `build_helpers` to share this hack between `bootstrap` and
+// `compiletest`.
+pub fn target_supports_std(target_tuple: &str) -> bool {
+    !(target_tuple.contains("-none")
+        || target_tuple.contains("nvptx")
+        || target_tuple.contains("switch"))
+}
diff --git a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/directives.md b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/directives.md
index 2dff21ed61c28..b043c7035fe06 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/directives.md
+++ b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/directives.md
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ settings:
   `//@ needs-crate-type: cdylib, proc-macro` will cause the test to be ignored
   on `wasm32-unknown-unknown` target because the target does not support the
   `proc-macro` crate type.
+- `needs-target-std` — ignores if target platform does not have std support.
 
 The following directives will check LLVM support:
 
diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/directive-list.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/directive-list.rs
index 1406553c9ea7b..2ecb4fc865213 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/directive-list.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/directive-list.rs
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ const KNOWN_DIRECTIVE_NAMES: &[&str] = &[
     "needs-subprocess",
     "needs-symlink",
     "needs-target-has-atomic",
+    "needs-target-std",
     "needs-threads",
     "needs-unwind",
     "needs-wasmtime",
diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/header/needs.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/header/needs.rs
index 2ace40c490bf3..b1165f4bb184f 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/header/needs.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/header/needs.rs
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ pub(super) fn handle_needs(
             condition: config.with_std_debug_assertions,
             ignore_reason: "ignored if std wasn't built with debug assertions",
         },
+        Need {
+            name: "needs-target-std",
+            condition: build_helper::targets::target_supports_std(&config.target),
+            ignore_reason: "ignored if target does not support std",
+        },
     ];
 
     let (name, rest) = match ln.split_once([':', ' ']) {
diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/header/tests.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/header/tests.rs
index e7e5ff0ab0093..31b49b09bcdc2 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/header/tests.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/header/tests.rs
@@ -945,3 +945,14 @@ fn test_ignore_auxiliary() {
     let config = cfg().build();
     assert!(check_ignore(&config, "//@ ignore-auxiliary"));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_needs_target_std() {
+    // Cherry-picks two targets:
+    // 1. `x86_64-unknown-none`: Tier 2, intentionally never supports std.
+    // 2. `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu`: Tier 1, always supports std.
+    let config = cfg().target("x86_64-unknown-none").build();
+    assert!(check_ignore(&config, "//@ needs-target-std"));
+    let config = cfg().target("x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu").build();
+    assert!(!check_ignore(&config, "//@ needs-target-std"));
+}
diff --git a/tests/run-make/cpp-global-destructors/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/cpp-global-destructors/rmake.rs
index 9bc5c84e10db5..92aeb67c27858 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/cpp-global-destructors/rmake.rs
+++ b/tests/run-make/cpp-global-destructors/rmake.rs
@@ -6,15 +6,11 @@
 //@ ignore-cross-compile
 // Reason: the compiled binary is executed
 
-//@ ignore-none
-// Reason: no-std is not supported.
 //@ ignore-wasm32
 //@ ignore-wasm64
 // Reason: compiling C++ to WASM may cause problems.
 
-// Neither of these are tested in full CI.
-//@ ignore-nvptx64-nvidia-cuda
-// Reason: can't find crate "std"
+// Not exercised in full CI, but sgx technically supports std.
 //@ ignore-sgx
 
 use run_make_support::{build_native_static_lib_cxx, run, rustc};
diff --git a/tests/run-make/export-executable-symbols/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/export-executable-symbols/rmake.rs
index 77f968189b655..dc8c59b9c742f 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/export-executable-symbols/rmake.rs
+++ b/tests/run-make/export-executable-symbols/rmake.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
 // (See #85673)
 //@ ignore-wasm32
 //@ ignore-wasm64
-//@ ignore-none
-// Reason: no-std is not supported
+//@ needs-target-std
 
 use run_make_support::{bin_name, llvm_readobj, rustc};
 
diff --git a/tests/run-make/incr-foreign-head-span/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/incr-foreign-head-span/rmake.rs
index 92e2ed5f8793a..d9841b314641e 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/incr-foreign-head-span/rmake.rs
+++ b/tests/run-make/incr-foreign-head-span/rmake.rs
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@
 // source file from disk during compilation of a downstream crate.
 // See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/86480
 
-//@ ignore-none
-// Reason: no-std is not supported
-//@ ignore-nvptx64-nvidia-cuda
-// Reason: can't find crate for 'std'
+//@ needs-target-std
 
 use run_make_support::{rfs, rust_lib_name, rustc};
 
diff --git a/tests/run-make/incr-prev-body-beyond-eof/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/incr-prev-body-beyond-eof/rmake.rs
index 47dce85248ab8..cfa8d5b46cd9c 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/incr-prev-body-beyond-eof/rmake.rs
+++ b/tests/run-make/incr-prev-body-beyond-eof/rmake.rs
@@ -7,11 +7,7 @@
 // was hashed by rustc in addition to the span length, and the fix still
 // works.
 
-//@ ignore-none
-// reason: no-std is not supported
-
-//@ ignore-nvptx64-nvidia-cuda
-// FIXME: can't find crate for `std`
+//@ needs-target-std
 
 use run_make_support::{rfs, rustc};
 
diff --git a/tests/run-make/incr-test-moved-file/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/incr-test-moved-file/rmake.rs
index 0ba1b0d58feeb..dfba95d3fedbf 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/incr-test-moved-file/rmake.rs
+++ b/tests/run-make/incr-test-moved-file/rmake.rs
@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@
 // for successful compilation.
 // See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/83112
 
-//@ ignore-none
-// Reason: no-std is not supported
-//@ ignore-nvptx64-nvidia-cuda
-// FIXME: can't find crate for 'std'
+//@ needs-target-std
 
 use run_make_support::{rfs, rustc};
 
diff --git a/tests/run-make/moved-src-dir-fingerprint-ice/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/moved-src-dir-fingerprint-ice/rmake.rs
index f63146e692ac4..0d96b40e8a435 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/moved-src-dir-fingerprint-ice/rmake.rs
+++ b/tests/run-make/moved-src-dir-fingerprint-ice/rmake.rs
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@
 // sessions.
 // See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/85019
 
-//@ ignore-none
-// Reason: no-std is not supported
-//@ ignore-nvptx64-nvidia-cuda
-// FIXME: can't find crate for 'std'
+//@ needs-target-std
 
 use run_make_support::{rfs, rust_lib_name, rustc};