diff --git a/tests/functions.sh b/tests/functions.sh
index 03785db..2c4d205 100755
--- a/tests/functions.sh
+++ b/tests/functions.sh
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ declare -i TNESTED=0 # just for sanity checking
 expect_pass() {
   local -i ret
 
+  if [ -n "$TST_LIST" ] && [ "${TST_LIST/$1/}" = "$TST_LIST" ]; then
+    [ "$VERBOSE" -gt 1 ] && echo "____ SKIP test: $*"
+    testsskip+=1
+    return "$SKIP"
+  fi
+
   if [ $TNESTED -gt 0 ]; then
     echo $RED"expect_pass should not be run nested"$NORM
     testsfail+=1
@@ -98,6 +104,12 @@ expect_pass() {
 expect_fail() {
   local ret
 
+  if [ -n "$TST_LIST" ] && [ "${TST_LIST/$1/}" = "$TST_LIST" ]; then
+    [ "$VERBOSE" -gt 1 ] && echo "____ SKIP test: $*"
+    testsskip+=1
+    return "$SKIP"
+  fi
+
   if [ $TNESTED -gt 0 ]; then
     echo $RED"expect_fail should not be run nested"$NORM
     testsfail+=1