diff --git a/t/07-metrics/001-metrics_sighup.t b/t/07-metrics/001-metrics_sighup.t
index b67afe139..71881754e 100644
--- a/t/07-metrics/001-metrics_sighup.t
+++ b/t/07-metrics/001-metrics_sighup.t
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use lib '.';
 use t::TestWasmX;
 
 skip_no_hup();
+skip_no_debug();
 
 our $workers = 2;
 our $metrics = "c2,g2,h2";
diff --git a/t/07-metrics/002-histograms_sighup.t b/t/07-metrics/002-histograms_sighup.t
index b4623dddd..d042f8af5 100644
--- a/t/07-metrics/002-histograms_sighup.t
+++ b/t/07-metrics/002-histograms_sighup.t
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use lib '.';
 use t::TestWasmX;
 
 skip_no_hup();
+skip_no_debug();
 
 our $workers = 2;
 our $total = 0;