diff --git a/test/gpu/native/studies/minibude/Bude.good b/test/gpu/native/studies/minibude/Bude.good
index f0e50b9b09a4..d39e5f0f8e31 100644
--- a/test/gpu/native/studies/minibude/Bude.good
+++ b/test/gpu/native/studies/minibude/Bude.good
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ config:
   wgsize:       [64]
 device: { index: 0, name: "Chapel CPU" }
 
-Running Chapel on 1 GPU
+Running Chapel on NN GPUs
 
 Largest difference was less than 0.020%.
 
diff --git a/test/gpu/native/studies/minibude/Bude.prediff b/test/gpu/native/studies/minibude/Bude.prediff
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..a60f1bc6ad92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/gpu/native/studies/minibude/Bude.prediff
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# filter number of gpus run on from output
+cat $2 | sed 's/Running Chapel on [0-9]\{1,\} GPUs\{0,1\}/Running Chapel on NN GPUs/' > $2.prediff.tmp
+mv $2.prediff.tmp $2
diff --git a/test/gpu/native/studies/minibude/SKIPIF b/test/gpu/native/studies/minibude/SKIPIF
index 8d87dec0d473..adadd40bf568 100755
--- a/test/gpu/native/studies/minibude/SKIPIF
+++ b/test/gpu/native/studies/minibude/SKIPIF
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+# skip if using CHPL_GPU=cpu
+if [ "$CHPL_GPU" = "cpu" ]; then
+  echo "True"
+  exit
+fi
+
 CWD=$(cd $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE[0]}) ; pwd)
 
 # We're currently using Josh's fork, at some point this may get integrated into