diff --git a/subsys/testsuite/ztest/src/ztest.c b/subsys/testsuite/ztest/src/ztest.c
index 96f7cb81e85..bbf15663f5d 100644
--- a/subsys/testsuite/ztest/src/ztest.c
+++ b/subsys/testsuite/ztest/src/ztest.c
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ static void run_test_functions(struct unit_test *test)
 #define FAIL_FAST 0
 
 static jmp_buf test_fail;
+static jmp_buf test_skip;
 static jmp_buf test_pass;
 static jmp_buf stack_fail;
 
@@ -231,6 +232,11 @@ void ztest_test_fail(void)
 	raise(SIGABRT);
 }
 
+void ztest_test_skip(void)
+{
+	longjmp(test_skip, 1);
+}
+
 void ztest_test_pass(void)
 {
 	longjmp(test_pass, 1);
@@ -271,6 +277,7 @@ static void init_testing(void)
 static int run_test(struct unit_test *test)
 {
 	int ret = TC_PASS;
+	int skip = 0;
 
 	TC_START(test->name);
 
@@ -279,6 +286,11 @@ static int run_test(struct unit_test *test)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	if (setjmp(test_skip)) {
+		skip = 1;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	if (setjmp(test_pass)) {
 		ret = TC_PASS;
 		goto out;
@@ -287,7 +299,12 @@ static int run_test(struct unit_test *test)
 	run_test_functions(test);
 out:
 	ret |= cleanup_test(test);
-	Z_TC_END_RESULT(ret, test->name);
+
+	if (skip) {
+		Z_TC_END_RESULT(TC_SKIP, test->name);
+	} else {
+		Z_TC_END_RESULT(ret, test->name);
+	}
 
 	return ret;
 }