diff --git a/scripts/sanitycheck b/scripts/sanitycheck
index 22b8d20..beaae8c 100755
--- a/scripts/sanitycheck
+++ b/scripts/sanitycheck
@@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@
                 result.append((test, platform))
         return result
 
-    def apply_filters(self, platform_filter, arch_filter, tag_filter,
+    def apply_filters(self, platform_filter, arch_filter, tag_filter, exclude_tag,
                       config_filter, testcase_filter, last_failed, all_plats,
                       platform_limit, toolchain, extra_args):
         instances = []
@@ -1297,6 +1297,7 @@
         verbose("platform filter: " + str(platform_filter))
         verbose("    arch_filter: " + str(arch_filter))
         verbose("     tag_filter: " + str(tag_filter))
+        verbose("    exclude_tag: " + str(exclude_tag))
         verbose("  config_filter: " + str(config_filter))
 
         if last_failed:
@@ -1329,6 +1330,9 @@
                     if tag_filter and not tc.tags.intersection(tag_filter):
                         continue
 
+                    if exclude_tag and tc.tags.intersection(exclude_tag):
+                        continue
+
                     if testcase_filter and tc_name not in testcase_filter:
                         continue
 
@@ -1409,6 +1413,10 @@
                         discards[instance] = "Command line testcase tag filter"
                         continue
 
+                    if exclude_tag and tc.tags.intersection(exclude_tag):
+                        discards[instance] = "Command line testcase exclude filter"
+                        continue
+
                     if testcase_filter and tc_name not in testcase_filter:
                         discards[instance] = "Testcase name filter"
                         continue
@@ -1621,6 +1629,9 @@
             help="Specify tags to restrict which tests to run by tag value. "
                  "Default is to not do any tag filtering. Multiple invocations "
                  "are treated as a logical 'or' relationship")
+    parser.add_argument("-e", "--exclude-tag", action="append",
+            help="Specify tags of tests that should not run."
+                 "Default is to run all tests with all tags.")
     parser.add_argument("-f", "--only-failed", action="store_true",
             help="Run only those tests that failed the previous sanity check "
                  "invocation.")
@@ -1830,7 +1841,7 @@
                               os.path.join(ZEPHYR_BASE, "samples")]
 
     ts = TestSuite(args.arch_root, args.testcase_root, args.outdir, args.coverage)
-    discards = ts.apply_filters(args.platform, args.arch, args.tag, args.config,
+    discards = ts.apply_filters(args.platform, args.arch, args.tag, args.exclude_tag, args.config,
                                 args.test, args.only_failed, args.all,
                                 args.platform_limit, toolchain, args.extra_args)