diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/aws/proxy/openshift-e2e-aws-proxy-workflow.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/aws/proxy/openshift-e2e-aws-proxy-workflow.yaml
index c16ea51eb8c44..d7ff519f962ba 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/aws/proxy/openshift-e2e-aws-proxy-workflow.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/aws/proxy/openshift-e2e-aws-proxy-workflow.yaml
@@ -7,5 +7,19 @@ workflow:
     - ref: openshift-e2e-test
     post:
     - chain: ipi-aws-post-proxy
+    env:
+      TEST_SKIPS: >-
+        Image append should create images by appending them\|
+        Image info should display information about images\|
+        Internal connectivity for TCP and UDP on ports 9000-9999 is allowed\|
+        Managed cluster should have machine resources\|
+        Managed cluster should should expose cluster services outside the cluster\|
+        Networking should provide Internet connection for containers\|
+        The HAProxy router should respond with 503 to unrecognized hosts\|
+        The HAProxy router should serve routes that were created from an ingress\|
+        The HAProxy router should set Forwarded headers appropriately\|
+        The HAProxy router should support reencrypt to services backed by a serving certificate automatically\|
+        build have source revision metadata  started build should contain source revision information\|
+        oc adm must-gather runs successfully for audit logs
   documentation: |-
-    The Openshift E2E AWS workflow executes the common end-to-end test suite on AWS with a proxy cluster configuration.
\ No newline at end of file
+    The Openshift E2E AWS workflow executes the common end-to-end test suite on AWS with a proxy cluster configuration.
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/test/openshift-e2e-test-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/test/openshift-e2e-test-commands.sh
index b3408a0559e34..8e79e7167c5d9 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/test/openshift-e2e-test-commands.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/test/openshift-e2e-test-commands.sh
@@ -67,12 +67,20 @@ if [[ "${CLUSTER_TYPE}" == gcp ]]; then
 fi
 
 if [[ -n "${TEST_OPTIONS}" ]]; then
-    export TEST_ARGS="--options=${TEST_OPTIONS}"
+    TEST_ARGS="--options=${TEST_OPTIONS}"
 fi
 
 if [[ "${TEST_COMMAND}" == "run-upgrade" && -n "${OPENSHIFT_UPGRADE_RELEASE_IMAGE_OVERRIDE}" ]]; then
     # OPENSHIFT_UPGRADE_RELEASE_IMAGE_OVERRIDE is a pullspec of release:latest imagestreamtag
-    export TEST_ARGS="${TEST_ARGS:-} --to-image=${OPENSHIFT_UPGRADE_RELEASE_IMAGE_OVERRIDE}"
+    TEST_ARGS="${TEST_ARGS:-} --to-image=${OPENSHIFT_UPGRADE_RELEASE_IMAGE_OVERRIDE}"
+fi
+
+if [[ -n "${TEST_SKIPS}" ]]; then
+    TESTS="$(openshift-tests "${TEST_COMMAND}" --dry-run "${TEST_SUITE}")"
+    echo "${TESTS}" | grep -v "${TEST_SKIPS}" >/tmp/tests
+    echo "Skipping tests:"
+    echo "${TESTS}" | grep "${TEST_SKIPS}"
+    TEST_ARGS="${TEST_ARGS:-} --file /tmp/tests"
 fi
 
 openshift-tests "${TEST_COMMAND}" "${TEST_SUITE}" ${TEST_ARGS:-} \
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/test/openshift-e2e-test-ref.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/test/openshift-e2e-test-ref.yaml
index 50244f0e88456..0e511454c1c02 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/test/openshift-e2e-test-ref.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift/e2e/test/openshift-e2e-test-ref.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ ref:
   - name: TEST_SUITE
     default: openshift/conformance/parallel
     documentation: The test suite to run.  Use 'openshift-test TEST_COMMAND --help' to list available suites.
+  - name: TEST_SKIPS
+    default: ""
+    documentation: Regular expression (POSIX basic regular expression) of tests to skip.
   - name: TEST_OPTIONS
     default: ""
     documentation: The test command options. Use 'openshift-test TEST_COMMAND --help' to list available options.