diff --git a/src/bootstrap/builder.rs b/src/bootstrap/builder.rs
index 32f3e573d6845..c1d56865da55c 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/builder.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/builder.rs
@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@ impl<'a> Builder<'a> {
                 test::Rustfmt,
                 test::Miri,
                 test::Clippy,
+                test::CompiletestTest,
                 test::RustdocJS,
                 test::RustdocTheme,
                 // Run bootstrap close to the end as it's unlikely to fail
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/test.rs b/src/bootstrap/test.rs
index dc061fe5099a5..87d5737e2a0a2 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/test.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/test.rs
@@ -429,6 +429,45 @@ impl Step for Miri {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
+pub struct CompiletestTest {
+    stage: u32,
+    host: Interned<String>,
+}
+
+impl Step for CompiletestTest {
+    type Output = ();
+
+    fn should_run(run: ShouldRun) -> ShouldRun {
+        run.path("src/tools/compiletest")
+    }
+
+    fn make_run(run: RunConfig) {
+        run.builder.ensure(CompiletestTest {
+            stage: run.builder.top_stage,
+            host: run.target,
+        });
+    }
+
+    /// Runs `cargo test` for compiletest.
+    fn run(self, builder: &Builder) {
+        let stage = self.stage;
+        let host = self.host;
+        let compiler = builder.compiler(stage, host);
+
+        let mut cargo = tool::prepare_tool_cargo(builder,
+                                                 compiler,
+                                                 Mode::ToolBootstrap,
+                                                 host,
+                                                 "test",
+                                                 "src/tools/compiletest",
+                                                 SourceType::InTree,
+                                                 &[]);
+
+        try_run(builder, &mut cargo);
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
 pub struct Clippy {
     stage: u32,
diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/header.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/header.rs
index 003839982429f..8b3023e63dfb4 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/header.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/header.rs
@@ -873,3 +873,29 @@ fn parse_normalization_string(line: &mut &str) -> Option<String> {
     *line = &line[end + 1..];
     Some(result)
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_parse_normalization_string() {
+    let mut s = "normalize-stderr-32bit: \"something (32 bits)\" -> \"something ($WORD bits)\".";
+    let first = parse_normalization_string(&mut s);
+    assert_eq!(first, Some("something (32 bits)".to_owned()));
+    assert_eq!(s, " -> \"something ($WORD bits)\".");
+
+    // Nothing to normalize (No quotes)
+    let mut s = "normalize-stderr-32bit: something (32 bits) -> something ($WORD bits).";
+    let first = parse_normalization_string(&mut s);
+    assert_eq!(first, None);
+    assert_eq!(s, r#"normalize-stderr-32bit: something (32 bits) -> something ($WORD bits)."#);
+
+    // Nothing to normalize (Only a single quote)
+    let mut s = "normalize-stderr-32bit: \"something (32 bits) -> something ($WORD bits).";
+    let first = parse_normalization_string(&mut s);
+    assert_eq!(first, None);
+    assert_eq!(s, "normalize-stderr-32bit: \"something (32 bits) -> something ($WORD bits).");
+
+    // Nothing to normalize (Three quotes)
+    let mut s = "normalize-stderr-32bit: \"something (32 bits)\" -> \"something ($WORD bits).";
+    let first = parse_normalization_string(&mut s);
+    assert_eq!(first, Some("something (32 bits)".to_owned()));
+    assert_eq!(s, " -> \"something ($WORD bits).");
+}
diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/util.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/util.rs
index 2a716970ca7b9..381d808e8028f 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/util.rs
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ pub fn matches_os(triple: &str, name: &str) -> bool {
     }
     panic!("Cannot determine OS from triple");
 }
+
+/// Determine the architecture from `triple`
 pub fn get_arch(triple: &str) -> &'static str {
     let triple: Vec<_> = triple.split('-').collect();
     for &(triple_arch, arch) in ARCH_TABLE {
@@ -151,3 +153,29 @@ impl PathBufExt for PathBuf {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[test]
+#[should_panic(expected = "Cannot determine Architecture from triple")]
+fn test_get_arch_failure() {
+    get_arch("abc");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_get_arch() {
+    assert_eq!("x86_64", get_arch("x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"));
+    assert_eq!("x86_64", get_arch("amd64"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[should_panic(expected = "Cannot determine OS from triple")]
+fn test_matches_os_failure() {
+    matches_os("abc", "abc");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_matches_os() {
+    assert!(matches_os("x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "linux"));
+    assert!(matches_os("wasm32-unknown-unknown", "emscripten"));
+    assert!(matches_os("wasm32-unknown-unknown", "wasm32-bare"));
+    assert!(!matches_os("wasm32-unknown-unknown", "windows"));
+}