diff --git a/render-test/metadata.hpp b/render-test/metadata.hpp
index 32eb3455a..ba4a875b0 100644
--- a/render-test/metadata.hpp
+++ b/render-test/metadata.hpp
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ struct TestMetadata {
     mbgl::JSDocument document;
     bool renderTest = true;
     bool outputsImage = true;
+    bool ignoredTest = false;
 
     mbgl::Size size{ 512u, 512u };
     float pixelRatio = 1.0f;
diff --git a/render-test/render_test.cpp b/render-test/render_test.cpp
index 13d6992e4..4be6d4abc 100644
--- a/render-test/render_test.cpp
+++ b/render-test/render_test.cpp
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ int runRenderTests(int argc, char** argv, std::function<void()> testStatus) {
         const std::string ignoreName = id;
         const auto it = std::find_if(ignores.cbegin(), ignores.cend(), [&ignoreName](auto pair) { return pair.first == ignoreName; });
         if (it != ignores.end()) {
-            shouldIgnore = true;
+            metadata.ignoredTest = shouldIgnore = true;
             ignoreReason = it->second;
             if (ignoreReason.rfind("skip", 0) == 0) {
                 printf(ANSI_COLOR_GRAY "* skipped %s (%s)" ANSI_COLOR_RESET "\n", id.c_str(), ignoreReason.c_str());
diff --git a/render-test/runner.cpp b/render-test/runner.cpp
index 37adcc8f7..41f7de15b 100644
--- a/render-test/runner.cpp
+++ b/render-test/runner.cpp
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ bool TestRunner::checkRenderTestResults(mbgl::PremultipliedImage&& actualImage,
 }
 
 bool TestRunner::checkProbingResults(TestMetadata& resultMetadata) {
-    if (resultMetadata.metrics.isEmpty()) return true;
+    if (resultMetadata.metrics.isEmpty() || resultMetadata.ignoredTest) return true;
     const auto writeMetrics = [&resultMetadata](const mbgl::filesystem::path& path,
                                                 const std::string& message = std::string()) {
         mbgl::filesystem::create_directories(path);
@@ -1250,6 +1250,7 @@ bool runInjectedProbe(TestMetadata& metadata,
 }
 
 bool TestRunner::runInjectedProbesBegin(TestMetadata& metadata_, RunContext& ctx_) {
+    if (metadata_.ignoredTest) return true;
     const std::string mark = " - default - start";
     static const InjectedProbeMap beginInjectedProbeMap = {
         {// Injected memory probe begin
@@ -1284,6 +1285,7 @@ bool TestRunner::runInjectedProbesBegin(TestMetadata& metadata_, RunContext& ctx
 }
 
 bool TestRunner::runInjectedProbesEnd(TestMetadata& metadata_, RunContext& ctx_, mbgl::gfx::RenderingStats stats) {
+    if (metadata_.ignoredTest) return true;
     const std::string mark = " - default - end";
     static const InjectedProbeMap endInjectedProbeMap = {
         {// Injected memory probe end