diff --git a/deps/v8/test/cctest/cctest.status b/deps/v8/test/cctest/cctest.status
index 8eaa9515b1..88b2750a54 100644
--- a/deps/v8/test/cctest/cctest.status
+++ b/deps/v8/test/cctest/cctest.status
@@ -615,4 +615,11 @@
   'test-api/InitializeDefaultIsolateOnSecondaryThread1': [PASS, ['mode == debug', FAIL]],
 }],
 
+##############################################################################
+# exclude test issues for which fixes for PPC did not make it into 5.0
+# These should be removed when we upgrade Node.js to use v8 5.1
+['arch == ppc64', {
+  'test-heap/ReleaseOverReservedPages' : [SKIP],
+}],  # 'arch == ppc64''
+
 ]
diff --git a/deps/v8/test/mjsunit/mjsunit.status b/deps/v8/test/mjsunit/mjsunit.status
index e638f5645b..21d14c0a3e 100644
--- a/deps/v8/test/mjsunit/mjsunit.status
+++ b/deps/v8/test/mjsunit/mjsunit.status
@@ -923,4 +923,11 @@
   'big-array-literal': [SKIP],
 }],  # 'gcov_coverage'
 
+##############################################################################
+# exclude test issues for which fixes for PPC did not make it into 5.0
+# These should be removed when we upgrade Node.js to use v8 5.1
+['arch == ppc64', {
+  'wasm/asm-wasm' : [SKIP],
+}],  # 'arch == ppc64''
+
 ]