diff --git a/test/addons/addon.status b/test/addons/addon.status
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ee094f4e514cb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/addons/addon.status
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+prefix addons
+
+[true] # This section applies to all platforms
+
+[$system==aix]
+# https://github.com/nodejs/build/issues/1820#issuecomment-505998851
+# https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28469
+# https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28516
+stringbytes-external-exceed-max/test-stringbytes-external-exceed-max.js: SKIP
+
+# https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28516
+stringbytes-external-exceed-max/test-stringbytes-external-at-max: SKIP
+stringbytes-external-exceed-max/test-stringbytes-external-exceed-max-by-1-ascii: SKIP
+stringbytes-external-exceed-max/test-stringbytes-external-exceed-max-by-1-base64: SKIP
+stringbytes-external-exceed-max/test-stringbytes-external-exceed-max-by-1-binary: SKIP
+stringbytes-external-exceed-max/test-stringbytes-external-exceed-max-by-1-hex: SKIP
+stringbytes-external-exceed-max/test-stringbytes-external-exceed-max-by-1-utf8: SKIP
+stringbytes-external-exceed-max/test-stringbytes-external-exceed-max-by-2: SKIP
+stringbytes-external-exceed-max/test-stringbytes-external-exceed-max: SKIP
diff --git a/test/addons/stringbytes-external-exceed-max/test-stringbytes-external-exceed-max.js b/test/addons/stringbytes-external-exceed-max/test-stringbytes-external-exceed-max.js
index d6a442f7516c1f..d65144e04d457c 100644
--- a/test/addons/stringbytes-external-exceed-max/test-stringbytes-external-exceed-max.js
+++ b/test/addons/stringbytes-external-exceed-max/test-stringbytes-external-exceed-max.js
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@ const skipMessage = 'intensive toString tests due to memory confinements';
 if (!common.enoughTestMem)
   common.skip(skipMessage);
 
-// See https://github.com/nodejs/build/issues/1820#issuecomment-505998851
-// See https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/28469
-if (process.platform === 'aix')
-  common.skip('flaky on AIX');
-
 const binding = require(`./build/${common.buildType}/binding`);
 
 // v8 fails silently if string length > v8::String::kMaxLength