diff --git a/tests/oft b/tests/oft
index c397372..a0f8c61 100755
--- a/tests/oft
+++ b/tests/oft
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@
     except:
         sys.exit("Need to install scapy for packet parsing")
 
+##@var Profile module
+profile_mod = None
+
 ##@var DEBUG_LEVELS
 # Map from strings to debugging levels
 DEBUG_LEVELS = {
@@ -167,11 +170,13 @@
     "debug"              : _debug_default,
     "dbg_level"          : _debug_level_default,
     "port_map"           : {},
-    "test_params"        : "None"
+    "test_params"        : "None",
+    "profile"            : None
 }
 
 # Default test priority
 TEST_PRIO_DEFAULT=100
+TEST_PRIO_SKIP=-1
 
 #@todo Set up a dict of config params so easier to manage:
 # <param> <cmdline flags> <default value> <help> <optional parser>
@@ -245,6 +250,8 @@
                       help="Relax packet match checks allowing other packets")
     parser.add_option("--param", type="int",
                       help="Parameter sent to test (for debugging)")
+    parser.add_option("--profile", 
+                      help="File listing tests to skip/run")
     parser.add_option("-t", "--test-params",
                       help="""Set test parameters: key=val;...
         NOTE:  key MUST be a valid Python identifier, egr_count not egr-count
@@ -257,6 +264,21 @@
 
     return (config, args)
 
+def check_profile(config):
+    global profile_mod
+    if "profile" in config and config["profile"]:
+        logging.info("Importing profile: %s.py" % config["profile"])
+        try:
+            profile_mod = __import__(config["profile"])
+        except:
+            logging.info("Could not import profile: %s.py" % 
+                         config["profile"])
+            print "Failed to import profile: %s.py" % config["profile"]
+            profile_mod = None
+    else:
+        logging.info("No profile specified")
+        
+
 def logging_setup(config):
     """
     Set up logging based on config
@@ -359,9 +381,16 @@
 def test_prio_get(mod, test):
     """
     Return the priority of a test
+
+    If test is in "skip list" from profile, return the skip value
+
     If set in the test_prio variable for the module, return
     that value.  Otherwise return 100 (default)
     """
+    if profile_mod:
+        if profile_mod.skip_test_list and test in profile_mod.skip_test_list:
+            logging.info("Skipping test %s due to profile" % test)
+            return TEST_PRIO_SKIP
     if 'test_prio' in dir(mod):
         if test in mod.test_prio.keys():
             return mod.test_prio[test]
@@ -410,11 +439,14 @@
         print "Tests preceded by * are not run by default"
     print "Tests marked (TP1) after name take --test-params including:"
     print "    'vid=N;strip_vlan=bool;add_vlan=bool'"
+    print "Note that --profile may override which tests are run"
     sys.exit(0)
 
 logging_setup(config)
 logging.info("++++++++ " + time.asctime() + " ++++++++")
 
+check_profile(config)
+
 # Generate the test suite
 #@todo Decide if multiple suites are ever needed
 suite = unittest.TestSuite()
diff --git a/tests/profile.py b/tests/profile.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..938a6f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/profile.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+"""
+Sample profile
+
+A profile determines run specific behavior.  It is meant to capture 
+variations between different switch targets.
+
+A profile defines two target specific variables.
+
+1. A set of tests to skip
+
+TO BE IMPLEMENTED:
+
+2. A set of tests to run (overriding the default "skip" priority)
+optionally specifying a test parameters specific to the test run
+
+This file should be imported "as profile" so references to the 
+module will properly map.
+
+@todo Allow a test to be run multiple times with different params
+"""
+
+#@var skip_test_list The list of tests to skip for this run
+skip_test_list = []
+
+# TO BE IMPLEMENTED
+# A list of test cases with parameters(?)
+# TBD
+#@var run_test_list List of tests to run which would normally be skipped
+run_test_list = dict(
+    # Example
+    # SomeTestCase = [dict(<params1>), dict(<params2>),...],
+)
+
+# for test_dict in profile.run_test_list:
+#     for test_name, test_params in test_dict.items():
+#          ...