diff --git a/test/recipes/80-test_ssl_new.t b/test/recipes/80-test_ssl_new.t
index 941ace7b72d9225bdd8e56b0dee00bb93669e9e4..17e22f0d1355bc201caa7bebf61ba8f93409074c 100644
--- a/test/recipes/80-test_ssl_new.t
+++ b/test/recipes/80-test_ssl_new.t
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ foreach my $conf (@conf_files) {
     subtest "Test configuration $conf" => sub {
         test_conf($conf,
                   $conf_dependent_tests{$conf} || $^O eq "VMS" ?  0 : 1,
-                  $skip{$conf} || $no_tls);
+                  defined($skip{$conf}) ? $skip{$conf} : $no_tls);
     }
 }