diff --git a/docs/packstack.rst b/docs/packstack.rst
index 383179c53..729699d6d 100755
--- a/docs/packstack.rst
+++ b/docs/packstack.rst
@@ -1035,6 +1035,9 @@ Provisioning tempest config
 **CONFIG_RUN_TEMPEST_TESTS**
     Test suites to run, example: "smoke dashboard TelemetryAlarming". Optional, defaults to "smoke".
 
+**CONFIG_SKIP_TEMPEST_TESTS**
+    Tests to skip, example: "test_basic_scenario test_volume". Optional, defaults to "".
+
 **CONFIG_PROVISION_UEC_IMAGE_NAME**
     Name of the uec image created in Glance used in tempest tests (default "cirros-uec").
 
diff --git a/packstack/plugins/postscript_951.py b/packstack/plugins/postscript_951.py
index fd4da8877..a6e02f21e 100644
--- a/packstack/plugins/postscript_951.py
+++ b/packstack/plugins/postscript_951.py
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ def run_tempest(config, messages):
     print("Running Tempest on %s" % config['CONFIG_TEMPEST_HOST'])
     server = utils.ScriptRunner(config['CONFIG_TEMPEST_HOST'])
     server.append('pushd /var/lib/tempest')
-    server.append('tempest run --regex \'(%s)\' --concurrency 2  > %s'
+    server.append('tempest run --regex \'(%s)\' --black-regex \'%s\' --concurrency 2  > %s'
                   % (config['CONFIG_RUN_TEMPEST_TESTS'].replace(' ', '|'),
+                     config['CONFIG_SKIP_TEMPEST_TESTS'].replace(' ', '|'),
                      logfile))
     server.append('popd')
     server.execute()
diff --git a/packstack/plugins/provision_700.py b/packstack/plugins/provision_700.py
index f6212c6de..5e359a573 100644
--- a/packstack/plugins/provision_700.py
+++ b/packstack/plugins/provision_700.py
@@ -406,6 +406,19 @@ def initConfig(controller):
              "CONF_NAME": "CONFIG_RUN_TEMPEST_TESTS",
              "USE_DEFAULT": False,
              "NEED_CONFIRM": False,
+             "CONDITION": False},
+
+            {"CMD_OPTION": "skip-tempest-tests",
+             "PROMPT": ("What tempest tests should skipped ?"
+                        " (If blank, Tempest will not skip any tests)"),
+             "OPTION_LIST": [],
+             "VALIDATORS": False,
+             "DEFAULT_VALUE": "",
+             "MASK_INPUT": False,
+             "LOOSE_VALIDATION": True,
+             "CONF_NAME": "CONFIG_SKIP_TEMPEST_TESTS",
+             "USE_DEFAULT": False,
+             "NEED_CONFIRM": False,
              "CONDITION": False}
         ],
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-skip-tempest-tests-option-86cf59ec5a61d349.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-skip-tempest-tests-option-86cf59ec5a61d349.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0bf75aaaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-skip-tempest-tests-option-86cf59ec5a61d349.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Add new config option "CONFIG_SKIP_TEMPEST_TESTS" to allow
+    skipping of some of tempest tests which are running as part
+    of "CONFIG_RUN_TEMPEST_TESTS".