diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 46f134ddd2..c7f436e076 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         - GO111MODULE=on
       script:
         - go run build/ci.go install
-        - travis_wait 30 go run build/ci.go test -coverage $TEST_PACKAGES
+        - travis_wait 30 go run build/ci.go test -coverage -skip cmd/geth
     - stage: Docker Image Release
       script:
         - echo "$DOCKER_PASSWORD" | docker login -u "$DOCKER_USERNAME" --password-stdin quay.io/amis
diff --git a/build/ci.go b/build/ci.go
index 8dbd1dfd37..166bd50745 100644
--- a/build/ci.go
+++ b/build/ci.go
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ func doTest(cmdline []string) {
 		coverage = flag.Bool("coverage", false, "Whether to record code coverage")
 		verbose  = flag.Bool("v", false, "Whether to log verbosely")
 		race     = flag.Bool("race", false, "Execute the race detector")
+		skip     = flag.String("skip", "", "skip test packages")
 	)
 	flag.CommandLine.Parse(cmdline)
 
@@ -292,7 +293,6 @@ func doTest(cmdline []string) {
 		tc.Root = build.DownloadGo(csdb, dlgoVersion)
 	}
 	gotest := tc.Go("test")
-
 	// Test a single package at a time. CI builders are slow
 	// and some tests run into timeouts under load.
 	gotest.Args = append(gotest.Args, "-p", "1")
@@ -305,6 +305,9 @@ func doTest(cmdline []string) {
 	if *race {
 		gotest.Args = append(gotest.Args, "-race")
 	}
+	if skip != nil && *skip != "" {
+		gotest.Args = append(gotest.Args, "-skip", *skip)
+	}
 
 	packages := []string{"./..."}
 	if len(flag.CommandLine.Args()) > 0 {