new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/android_cppunittest_manifest.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# This is just a list of tests to skip, one test per line
+TestTXMgr                       # Bug 919595
+TestPlainTextSerializer         # Bug 919599
+TestNativeXMLHttpRequest        # Bug 919642
+mediapipeline_unittest          # Bug 919646

--- a/testing/remotecppunittests.py
+++ b/testing/remotecppunittests.py
@@ -222,17 +222,17 @@ def main():
         else:
             dm = devicemanagerADB.DeviceManagerADB(packageName=None, deviceRoot=options.remote_test_root)
     else:
         dm = devicemanagerSUT.DeviceManagerSUT(options.device_ip, options.device_port, deviceRoot=options.remote_test_root)
         if not options.device_ip:
             print "Error: you must provide a device IP to connect to via the --deviceIP option"
             sys.exit(1)
     options.xre_path = os.path.abspath(options.xre_path)
-    progs = cppunittests.extract_unittests_from_args(args)
+    progs = cppunittests.extract_unittests_from_args(args, options.manifest_file)
     tester = RemoteCPPUnitTests(dm, options, progs)
     try:
         result = tester.run_tests(progs, options.xre_path, options.symbols_path)
     except Exception, e:
         log.error(str(e))
         result = False
     sys.exit(0 if result else 1)
 

--- a/testing/runcppunittests.py
+++ b/testing/runcppunittests.py
@@ -132,40 +132,55 @@ class CPPUnittestOptions(OptionParser):
         self.add_option("--xre-path",
                         action = "store", type = "string", dest = "xre_path",
                         default = None,
                         help = "absolute path to directory containing XRE (probably xulrunner)")
         self.add_option("--symbols-path",
                         action = "store", type = "string", dest = "symbols_path",
                         default = None,
                         help = "absolute path to directory containing breakpad symbols, or the URL of a zip file containing symbols")
+        self.add_option("--skip-manifest",
+                        action = "store", type = "string", dest = "manifest_file",
+                        default = None,
+                        help = "absolute path to a manifest file")
 
-def extract_unittests_from_args(args):
+def extract_unittests_from_args(args, manifest_file):
     """Extract unittests from args, expanding directories as needed"""
     progs = []
+    skipped_progs = set()
+
+    if manifest_file:
+        skipped_progs.add(os.path.basename(manifest_file))
+        with open(manifest_file) as f:
+            for line in f:
+                # strip out comment, if any
+                prog = line.split('#')[0]
+                if prog:
+                    skipped_progs.add(prog.strip())
 
     for p in args:
         if os.path.isdir(p):
-            #filter out .py files packaged with the unit tests
-            progs.extend([os.path.abspath(os.path.join(p, x)) for x in os.listdir(p) if not x.endswith('.py')])
-        else:
+            progs.extend([os.path.abspath(os.path.join(p, x)) for x in os.listdir(p) if not x in skipped_progs])
+        elif p not in skipped_progs:
             progs.append(os.path.abspath(p))
 
-    return progs
+    #filter out python files packaged with the unit tests
+    return filter(lambda x: not x.endswith('.py') and not x.endswith('.pyc'), progs)
 
 def main():
     parser = CPPUnittestOptions()
     options, args = parser.parse_args()
     if not args:
         print >>sys.stderr, """Usage: %s <test binary> [<test binary>...]""" % sys.argv[0]
         sys.exit(1)
     if not options.xre_path:
         print >>sys.stderr, """Error: --xre-path is required"""
         sys.exit(1)
-    progs = extract_unittests_from_args(args)
+        
+    progs = extract_unittests_from_args(args, options.manifest_file)
     options.xre_path = os.path.abspath(options.xre_path)
     tester = CPPUnitTests()
     try:
         result = tester.run_tests(progs, options.xre_path, options.symbols_path)
     except Exception, e:
         log.error(str(e))
         result = False
     sys.exit(0 if result else 1)

--- a/testing/testsuite-targets.mk
+++ b/testing/testsuite-targets.mk
@@ -499,16 +499,17 @@ stage-cppunittests:
 	$(NSINSTALL) -D $(PKG_STAGE)/cppunittests
 ifdef OBJCOPY
 	$(foreach bin,$(CPP_UNIT_TEST_BINS),$(OBJCOPY) --strip-unneeded $(bin) $(bin:$(DIST)/%=$(PKG_STAGE)/%);)
 else
 	cp -RL $(DIST)/cppunittests $(PKG_STAGE)
 endif
 	$(NSINSTALL) $(topsrcdir)/testing/runcppunittests.py $(PKG_STAGE)/cppunittests
 	$(NSINSTALL) $(topsrcdir)/testing/remotecppunittests.py $(PKG_STAGE)/cppunittests
+	$(NSINSTALL) $(topsrcdir)/testing/android_cppunittest_manifest.txt $(PKG_STAGE)/cppunittests
 
 stage-jittest:
 	$(NSINSTALL) -D $(PKG_STAGE)/jit-test/tests
 	cp -RL $(topsrcdir)/js/src/jsapi.h $(PKG_STAGE)/jit-test
 	cp -RL $(topsrcdir)/js/src/jit-test $(PKG_STAGE)/jit-test/jit-test
 	cp -RL $(topsrcdir)/js/src/tests/ecma_6 $(PKG_STAGE)/jit-test/tests/ecma_6
 	cp -RL $(topsrcdir)/js/src/tests/lib $(PKG_STAGE)/jit-test/tests/lib