diff --git a/src/Tests/Common/Program.cs b/src/Tests/Common/Program.cs
index b3d9c8819643..ea46bf08e729 100644
--- a/src/Tests/Common/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/Common/Program.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ public static int Main(string[] args)
 
         if (!testCommandLine.ShouldShowHelp)
         {
+            newArgs.AddRange(TestCommandLine.GetXunitArgsFromTestConfig(testCommandLine.TestConfigFile));
             BeforeTestRun(newArgs);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.TestFramework/TestCommandLine.cs b/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.TestFramework/TestCommandLine.cs
index 48967fb7584f..48e24276d4f8 100644
--- a/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.TestFramework/TestCommandLine.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/Microsoft.NET.TestFramework/TestCommandLine.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
 
 namespace Microsoft.NET.TestFramework
 {
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ public class TestCommandLine
 
         public string TestExecutionDirectory { get; set; }
 
+        public string TestConfigFile { get; private set; }
+
         public bool ShowSdkInfo { get; private set; }
 
         public static TestCommandLine Parse(string[] args)
@@ -70,6 +73,10 @@ public static TestCommandLine Parse(string[] args)
                 {
                     ret.TestExecutionDirectory = argStack.Pop();
                 }
+                else if (arg.Equals("-testConfigFile", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    ret.TestConfigFile = argStack.Pop();
+                }
                 else if (arg.Equals("-showSdkInfo", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
                 {
                     ret.ShowSdkInfo = true;
@@ -102,6 +109,32 @@ public static TestCommandLine Parse(string[] args)
             return ret;
         }
 
+        public static List<string> GetXunitArgsFromTestConfig(string testConfigFile)
+        {
+            List<string> ret = new List<string>();
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(testConfigFile))
+            {
+                var testConfig = XDocument.Load(testConfigFile);
+                foreach (var item in testConfig.Root.Elements())
+                {
+                    if (item.Name.LocalName.Equals("Method", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                    {
+                        var methodToSkip = item.Attribute("Name")?.Value;
+                        
+                        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(methodToSkip) &&
+                            bool.TryParse(item.Attribute("Skip").Value, out bool shouldSkip) &&
+                            shouldSkip)
+                        {
+                            ret.Add("-nomethod");
+                            ret.Add(methodToSkip);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return ret;
+        }
+
         public static TestCommandLine HandleCommandLine(string [] args)
         {
             TestCommandLine commandLine = Parse(args);