diff --git a/test/fixtures/tick-processor-base.js b/test/fixtures/tick-processor-base.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8e0005ff7d8b99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/tick-processor-base.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const cp = require('child_process');
+const path = require('path');
+
+common.refreshTmpDir();
+
+const LOG_FILE = path.join(common.tmpDir, 'tick-processor.log');
+const RETRY_TIMEOUT = 750;
+
+function runTest(test) {
+  const proc = cp.spawn(process.execPath, [
+    '--no_logfile_per_isolate',
+    '--logfile=-',
+    '--prof',
+    '-pe', test.code
+  ], {
+    stdio: [ null, 'pipe', 'inherit' ]
+  });
+
+  let ticks = '';
+  proc.stdout.on('data', chunk => ticks += chunk);
+
+  // Try to match after timeout
+  setTimeout(() => {
+    match(test.pattern, proc, () => ticks);
+  }, RETRY_TIMEOUT);
+}
+
+function match(pattern, parent, ticks) {
+  // Store current ticks log
+  fs.writeFileSync(LOG_FILE, ticks());
+
+  const proc = cp.spawn(process.execPath, [
+    '--prof-process',
+    '--call-graph-size=10',
+    LOG_FILE
+  ], {
+    stdio: [ null, 'pipe', 'inherit' ]
+  });
+
+  let out = '';
+  proc.stdout.on('data', chunk => out += chunk);
+  proc.stdout.on('end', () => {
+    // Retry after timeout
+    if (!pattern.test(out))
+      return setTimeout(() => match(pattern, parent, ticks), RETRY_TIMEOUT);
+
+    parent.kill('SIGTERM');
+
+    fs.unlinkSync(LOG_FILE);
+  });
+}
+
+exports.runTest = runTest;
diff --git a/test/parallel/parallel.status b/test/parallel/parallel.status
index f2536b6b68e376..02fb2983c6669e 100644
--- a/test/parallel/parallel.status
+++ b/test/parallel/parallel.status
@@ -7,13 +7,17 @@ prefix parallel
 [true] # This section applies to all platforms
 
 [$system==win32]
-test-tick-processor     : PASS,FLAKY
 
 [$system==linux]
 test-tick-processor           : PASS,FLAKY
 
 [$system==macos]
 
+[$arch==arm || $arch==arm64]
+test-tick-processor-builtin     : PASS,FLAKY
+test-tick-processor-cpp-core    : PASS,FLAKY
+test-tick-processor-unknown     : PASS,FLAKY
+
 [$system==solaris] # Also applies to SmartOS
 test-debug-signal-cluster         : PASS,FLAKY
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tick-processor-builtin.js b/test/parallel/test-tick-processor-builtin.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9097a832fff60f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tick-processor-builtin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const path = require('path');
+
+// TODO(mhdawson) Currently the test-tick-processor functionality in V8
+// depends on addresses being smaller than a full 64 bits.  Aix supports
+// the full 64 bits and the result is that it does not process the
+// addresses correctly and runs out of memory
+// Disabling until we get a fix upstreamed into V8
+if (common.isAix) {
+  common.skip('Aix address range too big for scripts.');
+  return;
+}
+
+const base = require(path.join(common.fixturesDir, 'tick-processor-base.js'));
+
+if (common.isWindows ||
+    common.isSunOS ||
+    common.isAix ||
+    common.isLinuxPPCBE ||
+    common.isFreeBSD) {
+  common.skip('C++ symbols are not mapped for this os.');
+  return;
+}
+
+base.runTest({
+  pattern: /Builtin_DateNow/,
+  code: `function f() {
+           this.ts = Date.now();
+           setImmediate(function() { new f(); });
+         };
+         f();`
+});
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tick-processor-cpp-core.js b/test/parallel/test-tick-processor-cpp-core.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..10e3fd35fd60c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tick-processor-cpp-core.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const path = require('path');
+
+// TODO(mhdawson) Currently the test-tick-processor functionality in V8
+// depends on addresses being smaller than a full 64 bits.  Aix supports
+// the full 64 bits and the result is that it does not process the
+// addresses correctly and runs out of memory
+// Disabling until we get a fix upstreamed into V8
+if (common.isAix) {
+  common.skip('Aix address range too big for scripts.');
+  return;
+}
+
+const base = require(path.join(common.fixturesDir, 'tick-processor-base.js'));
+
+if (common.isWindows ||
+    common.isSunOS ||
+    common.isAix ||
+    common.isLinuxPPCBE ||
+    common.isFreeBSD) {
+  common.skip('C++ symbols are not mapped for this os.');
+  return;
+}
+
+base.runTest({
+  pattern: /RunInDebugContext/,
+  code: `function f() {
+           require(\'vm\').runInDebugContext(\'Debug\');
+           setImmediate(function() { f(); });
+         };
+         f();`
+});
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tick-processor-unknown.js b/test/parallel/test-tick-processor-unknown.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..15fc2d283f4063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tick-processor-unknown.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const path = require('path');
+
+// TODO(mhdawson) Currently the test-tick-processor functionality in V8
+// depends on addresses being smaller than a full 64 bits.  Aix supports
+// the full 64 bits and the result is that it does not process the
+// addresses correctly and runs out of memory
+// Disabling until we get a fix upstreamed into V8
+if (common.isAix) {
+  common.skip('Aix address range too big for scripts.');
+  return;
+}
+
+const base = require(path.join(common.fixturesDir, 'tick-processor-base.js'));
+
+// Unknown checked for to prevent flakiness, if pattern is not found,
+// then a large number of unknown ticks should be present
+base.runTest({
+  pattern: /LazyCompile.*\[eval\]:1|.*%  UNKNOWN/,
+  code: `function f() {
+           for (var i = 0; i < 1000000; i++) {
+             i++;
+           }
+           setImmediate(function() { f(); });
+         };
+         f();`
+});
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tick-processor.js b/test/parallel/test-tick-processor.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 53dabeec638499..00000000000000
--- a/test/parallel/test-tick-processor.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-const common = require('../common');
-const fs = require('fs');
-const assert = require('assert');
-const cp = require('child_process');
-
-// TODO(mhdawson) Currently the test-tick-processor functionality in V8
-// depends on addresses being smaller than a full 64 bits.  Aix supports
-// the full 64 bits and the result is that it does not process the
-// addresses correctly and runs out of memory
-// Disabling until we get a fix upstreamed into V8
-if (common.isAix) {
-  common.skip('Aix address range too big for scripts.');
-  return;
-}
-
-common.refreshTmpDir();
-process.chdir(common.tmpDir);
-// Unknown checked for to prevent flakiness, if pattern is not found,
-// then a large number of unknown ticks should be present
-runTest(/LazyCompile.*\[eval\]:1|.*%  UNKNOWN/,
-        `function f() {
-           for (var i = 0; i < 1000000; i++) {
-             i++;
-           }
-           setImmediate(function() { f(); });
-         };
-         setTimeout(function() { process.exit(0); }, 2000);
-         f();`);
-if (common.isWindows ||
-    common.isSunOS ||
-    common.isAix ||
-    common.isLinuxPPCBE ||
-    common.isFreeBSD) {
-  common.skip('C++ symbols are not mapped for this os.');
-  return;
-}
-runTest(/RunInDebugContext/,
-        `function f() {
-           require(\'vm\').runInDebugContext(\'Debug\');
-           setImmediate(function() { f(); });
-         };
-         setTimeout(function() { process.exit(0); }, 2000);
-         f();`);
-
-runTest(/Builtin_DateNow/,
-        `function f() {
-           this.ts = Date.now();
-           setImmediate(function() { new f(); });
-         };
-         setTimeout(function() { process.exit(0); }, 2000);
-         f();`);
-
-function runTest(pattern, code) {
-  cp.execFileSync(process.execPath, ['-prof', '-pe', code]);
-  var matches = fs.readdirSync(common.tmpDir);
-
-  assert.strictEqual(matches.length, 1, 'There should be a single log file.');
-
-  var log = matches[0];
-  var out = cp.execSync(process.execPath +
-                        ' --prof-process --call-graph-size=10 ' + log,
-                        {encoding: 'utf8'});
-  assert(pattern.test(out), `${pattern} not matching ${out}`);
-  fs.unlinkSync(log);
-}