diff --git a/tests/acceptance/boot_linux.py b/tests/acceptance/boot_linux.py
index 3aa57e88b0..0055dc7cee 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/boot_linux.py
+++ b/tests/acceptance/boot_linux.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from avocado.utils import network
 from avocado.utils import vmimage
 from avocado.utils import datadrainer
 from avocado.utils.path import find_command
+from avocado import skipIf
 
 ACCEL_NOT_AVAILABLE_FMT = "%s accelerator does not seem to be available"
 KVM_NOT_AVAILABLE = ACCEL_NOT_AVAILABLE_FMT % "KVM"
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ class BootLinuxS390X(BootLinux):
 
     chksum = '4caaab5a434fd4d1079149a072fdc7891e354f834d355069ca982fdcaf5a122d'
 
+    @skipIf(os.getenv('GITLAB_CI'), 'Running on GitLab')
     def test_s390_ccw_virtio_tcg(self):
         """
         :avocado: tags=machine:s390-ccw-virtio