diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bdaba2bcf..9f2eccc0f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-04-24  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+	Make check work on mips-arc.
+
 2013-04-24  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	* util/grub-mkrescue.in: Alias sashARCS as sash.
diff --git a/tests/partmap_test.in b/tests/partmap_test.in
index bc503f50d..e8aca2e1d 100644
--- a/tests/partmap_test.in
+++ b/tests/partmap_test.in
@@ -63,21 +63,25 @@ case "${grub_modinfo_target_cpu}-${grub_modinfo_platform}" in
     powerpc-ieee1275)
 	disk=ieee1275//pci@80000000/mac-io@4/ata-3@20000/disk@0
 	qemudisk=hda
-	# QEMU firmware has bugs which prevent it from accessing hard disk.
+	# QEMU firmware has bugs which prevent it from accessing hard disk w/o recognised label.
 	exit 0
 	;;
     sparc64-ieee1275)
 	disk=ieee1275//pci@1fe\,0/pci-ata@5/ide0@500/disk@0
 	qemudisk=hda
-	# QEMU firmware has bugs which prevent it from accessing hard disk.
+	# QEMU firmware has bugs which prevent it from accessing hard disk w/o recognised label.
 	exit 0
 	;;
     i386-ieee1275)
 	disk=ieee1275/d
 	qemudisk=hdb
-	# QEMU firmware has bugs which prevent it from accessing hard disk.
+	# QEMU firmware has bugs which prevent it from accessing hard disk w/o recognised label.
 	exit 0
 	;;
+    mips-arc)
+	# ARC firmware has bugs which prevent it from accessing hard disk w/o dvh disklabel.
+	exit 0
+
     *)
 	disk=hd0
 	qemudisk=hda
diff --git a/tests/util/grub-shell.in b/tests/util/grub-shell.in
index 739c300b3..b051669d6 100644
--- a/tests/util/grub-shell.in
+++ b/tests/util/grub-shell.in
@@ -85,6 +85,13 @@ case "${grub_modinfo_target_cpu}-${grub_modinfo_platform}" in
 	qemuopts="$qemuopts -M mips"
 	console=vga_text
 	;;
+    mips-arc)
+	boot=cd
+	qemu=qemu-system-mips64
+	qemuopts="$qemuopts -M indy"
+	console=console
+	trim=1
+	;;
     mipsel-qemu_mips)
 	boot=mipsel_qemu
 	qemu=qemu-system-mipsel