2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/regress/Makefile b/regress/Makefile
index 933fbb424..34c47e8cb 100644
--- a/regress/Makefile
+++ b/regress/Makefile
@@ -210,8 +210,16 @@ t12: $(OBJ)/t12.out
 t-exec: ${LTESTS:=.sh}
         @if [ "x$?" = "x" ]; then exit 0; fi; \
         for TEST in ""$?; do \
-                echo "run test $${TEST}" ... 1>&2; \
-                (env SUDO="${SUDO}" TEST_ENV=${TEST_ENV} ${TEST_SHELL} ${.CURDIR}/test-exec.sh ${.OBJDIR} ${.CURDIR}/$${TEST}) || exit $$?; \
+                skip=no; \
+                for t in ""$${SKIP_LTESTS}; do \
+                        if [ "x$${t}.sh" = "x$${TEST}" ]; then skip=yes; fi; \
+                done; \
+                if [ "x$${skip}" = "xno" ]; then \
+                        echo "run test $${TEST}" ... 1>&2; \
+                        (env SUDO="${SUDO}" TEST_ENV=${TEST_ENV} ${TEST_SHELL} ${.CURDIR}/test-exec.sh ${.OBJDIR} ${.CURDIR}/$${TEST}) || exit $$?; \
+                else \
+                        echo skip test $${TEST} 1>&2; \
+                fi; \
         done
 
 t-exec-interop: ${INTEROP_TESTS:=.sh}
diff --git a/regress/README.regress b/regress/README.regress
index ed9de874c..ac2e8487e 100644
--- a/regress/README.regress
+++ b/regress/README.regress
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ SUDO: path to sudo/doas command, if desired. Note that some systems
         (notably systems using PAM) require sudo to execute some tests.
 LTESTS: Whitespace separated list of tests (filenames without the .sh
         extension) to run.
+SKIP_LTESTS: Whitespace separated list of tests to skip.
 OBJ: used by test scripts to access build dir.
 TEST_SHELL: shell used for running the test scripts.
 TEST_SSH_FAIL_FATAL: set to "yes" to make any failure abort the test