diff --git a/numpy/core/tests/test_cpu_dispatcher.py b/numpy/core/tests/test_cpu_dispatcher.py
index 2f7eac7e8e90..41a60d5c395c 100644
--- a/numpy/core/tests/test_cpu_dispatcher.py
+++ b/numpy/core/tests/test_cpu_dispatcher.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ def test_dispatcher():
     targets = (
         "SSE2", "SSE41", "AVX2",
         "VSX", "VSX2", "VSX3",
-        "NEON", "ASIMD", "ASIMDHP"
+        "NEON", "ASIMD", "ASIMDHP",
+        "VX", "VXE"
     )
     highest_sfx = "" # no suffix for the baseline
     all_sfx = []