diff --git a/scm-ui/pom.xml b/scm-ui/pom.xml
index 58c935ad21..e05c9b0ade 100644
--- a/scm-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-ui/pom.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
             </goals>
             <configuration>
               <script>test-ci</script>
+              <skip>${skipTests}</skip>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>