lib/PublicInbox/TestCommon.pm | 2 ++

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/TestCommon.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/TestCommon.pm
index 63d45ac396bd31c8da6d694748e5092fe317cd3f..64fe04996d7dd35ab2e6d625aeca0942500b98bd 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/TestCommon.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/TestCommon.pm
@@ -506,6 +506,8 @@ 			fail("daemon not running after $t");
 		}
 	}; # SKIP for lei_daemon
 	unless ($test_opt->{daemon_only}) {
+		$ENV{TEST_LEI_DAEMON_ONLY} and
+			skip 'TEST_LEI_DAEMON_ONLY set', 1;
 		require_ok 'PublicInbox::LEI';
 		my $home = "$tmpdir/lei-oneshot";
 		mkdir($home, 0700) or BAIL_OUT "mkdir: $!";