diff --git a/test/runner/runner_base.py b/test/runner/runner_base.py
index 1b761277ac0db501b3eecec5187acde7352ccbdf..d7811d819d71790a6ea8d85ef1bcf25cc9dfd6e8 100644
--- a/test/runner/runner_base.py
+++ b/test/runner/runner_base.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class Runner:
         # Test chosen to execute can detect itself as excluded one
         self.excluded_after = 0
 
-        self.update = args.update
+        self.update_excluded = args.update_excluded
 
     def load_tests_from_list(self, list_name):
         list_path = correct_path(self.list_root, list_name)
@@ -163,8 +163,9 @@ class Runner:
         elif self.explicit_list is not None:
             test_files.extend(self.load_explicit_tests())
         else:
-            self.load_excluded_tests()
-            self.load_ignored_tests()
+            if not self.args.skip_test_lists:
+                self.load_excluded_tests()
+                self.load_ignored_tests()
             if len(test_files) == 0:
                 glob_expression = path.join(directory, f"**/*.{extension}")
                 test_files.extend(fnmatch.filter(
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ class Runner:
         self.tests.update(list(map(
             lambda x: self.create_test(x, flags, is_test_in_list(x, self.ignored_tests)),
             filter(
-                lambda x: not is_test_in_list(x, self.excluded_tests),
+                lambda x: self.update_excluded or not is_test_in_list(x, self.excluded_tests),
                 test_files
             )
         )))
diff --git a/test/runner/runner_js.py b/test/runner/runner_js.py
index 6d18d102fcff18ec9e284f03c32b5759447c1da4..79d14a91c09155f6bfb4e3bf4a9b750ceb48517b 100644
--- a/test/runner/runner_js.py
+++ b/test/runner/runner_js.py
@@ -172,11 +172,14 @@ class RunnerJS(Runner):
             fail_lists[kind] = []
         ignored_still_failed = []
         ignored_but_passed = []
+        excluded_but_passed = []
+        excluded_still_failed = []
 
         self.failed = 0
         self.ignored = 0
         self.passed = 0
         self.excluded_after = 0
+        self.excluded = 0 if self.update_excluded else self.excluded
 
         timestamp = int(datetime.timestamp(datetime.now()))
         failed_tests = []
@@ -209,6 +212,9 @@ class RunnerJS(Runner):
                 if test_result.ignored:
                     self.ignored += 1
                     ignored_still_failed.append(test_result)
+                elif test_result.path in self.excluded_tests:
+                    excluded_still_failed.append(test_result)
+                    self.excluded += 1
                 else:
                     self.failed += 1
                     fail_lists[test_result.fail_kind].append(test_result)
@@ -216,15 +222,33 @@ class RunnerJS(Runner):
                 self.passed += 1
                 if test_result.ignored:
                     ignored_but_passed.append(test_result)
+                if test_result.path in self.excluded_tests:
+                    excluded_but_passed.append(test_result)
 
         total_tests = len(self.tests) + self.excluded
 
         if self.args.report_format == ReportFormat.HTML.value:
             self.create_html_index(failed_tests, total_tests, timestamp)
 
-        if not self.update:
-            for kind in FailKind:
-                self.summarize_list(kind.name, fail_lists[kind])
+        for kind in FailKind:
+            self.summarize_list(kind.name, fail_lists[kind])
+
+        if self.update_excluded:
+            print(f"Update excluded tests:")
+            print(f"Passed: {len(excluded_but_passed)} - removed from excluded list")
+            print(f"Still failed: {len(excluded_still_failed)}")
+            new_excl_list_path = self.excluded_lists[0][:-4] + "_updated.txt"
+            excluded_still_failed = sorted(map(
+                lambda x: x.test_id + path.splitext(x.path)[1],
+                excluded_still_failed
+            ))
+            write_2_file(new_excl_list_path, "\n".join(excluded_still_failed))
+            passed_excl_list_path = self.excluded_lists[0][:-4] + "_passed.txt"
+            excluded_but_passed = sorted(map(
+                lambda x: x.test_id + path.splitext(x.path)[1],
+                excluded_but_passed
+            ))
+            write_2_file(passed_excl_list_path, "\n".join(excluded_but_passed))
 
         print("Summary(%s):" % self.name)
         print("\033[37mTotal:                     %5d" % total_tests)
diff --git a/test/runner/starter.py b/test/runner/starter.py
index 51d5e642548e60aedd7bb7d0a4d88016d42d5314..08deb47a643f12a03376864d30b9083c2779b5e4 100644
--- a/test/runner/starter.py
+++ b/test/runner/starter.py
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ def get_args():
         help='format of report files. Possible values html or md. If not set md format is used')
 
     parser.add_argument(
-        '--no-skip', action='store_false', dest='skip', default=True,
-        help='don\'t use skiplists')
+        '--skip-test-lists', action='store_true', dest='skip_test_lists', default=False,
+        help='do not use ignored or excluded lists, run all available tests, report all found failures')
     parser.add_argument(
-        '--update', action='store_true', dest='update', default=False,
-        help='update skiplist')
+        '--update-excluded', action='store_true', dest='update_excluded', default=False,
+        help='update list of excluded tests')
     parser.add_argument(
         '--update-expected', action='store_true', dest='update_expected', default=False,
         help='update files with expected results')