diff --git a/sycl/test/.clang-format b/sycl/test/.clang-format
index 4799b66f3e9a6..0fb3ce609e376 100644
--- a/sycl/test/.clang-format
+++ b/sycl/test/.clang-format
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 BasedOnStyle: LLVM
-ColumnLimit: 0
+CommentPragmas: "(RUN|FAIL|REQUIRES|UNSUPPORTED|CHECK) *:|expected-"