diff --git a/tests/check/gst/gstobject.c b/tests/check/gst/gstobject.c
index 159bb6d614..85d2d07c78 100644
--- a/tests/check/gst/gstobject.c
+++ b/tests/check/gst/gstobject.c
@@ -535,7 +535,8 @@ gst_object_suite (void)
    * the effort to try and detect which one should be producing which
    */
   /* SEGV tests go last so we can debug the others */
-  tcase_add_test_raise_signal (tc_chain, test_fail_abstract_new, SIGSEGV);
+  if (g_getenv ("CK_FORK") == NULL || strcmp (g_getenv ("CK_FORK"), "no") != 0)
+    tcase_add_test_raise_signal (tc_chain, test_fail_abstract_new, SIGSEGV);
 #endif
 
   return s;