diff --git a/subprojects/gst-devtools/validate/launcher/baseclasses.py b/subprojects/gst-devtools/validate/launcher/baseclasses.py
index 16c47cd595..bbe0ba1e16 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-devtools/validate/launcher/baseclasses.py
+++ b/subprojects/gst-devtools/validate/launcher/baseclasses.py
@@ -2176,7 +2176,7 @@ class _TestsLauncher(Loggable):
                         self.reporter.after_test(test)
                         return False
 
-                    if retry_on_failures or test.max_retries:
+                    if retry_on_failures or test.max_retries and not self.options.no_retry_on_failures:
                         if not self.options.redirect_logs:
                             test.copy_logfiles()
                         to_retry.append(test)
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-devtools/validate/launcher/main.py b/subprojects/gst-devtools/validate/launcher/main.py
index 5f9cd5ff55..33658210cd 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-devtools/validate/launcher/main.py
+++ b/subprojects/gst-devtools/validate/launcher/main.py
@@ -522,6 +522,8 @@ class LauncherConfig(Loggable):
                             " at the same time")
         parser.add_argument('--retry-on-failures', dest="retry_on_failures", action="store_true",
                             help="Re-try tests that produce unexpected results")
+        parser.add_argument('--no-retry-on-failures', dest="no_retry_on_failures", action="store_true",
+                            help="Disable retrying on failure, event for known to be flaky tests.")
         parser.add_argument('--html', dest="html", action="store_true",
                             help="Write logs as html")
         dir_group = parser.add_argument_group(