diff --git a/scripts/tests/run_python_test.py b/scripts/tests/run_python_test.py
index c67cbf7d75c93d..aa2aca5500996b 100755
--- a/scripts/tests/run_python_test.py
+++ b/scripts/tests/run_python_test.py
@@ -215,8 +215,13 @@ def main_impl(app: str, factory_reset: bool, factory_reset_app_only: bool, app_a
             app_process.p.stdin.close()
         app_pid = app_process.p.pid
 
-    script_command = [script, "--paa-trust-store-path", os.path.join(DEFAULT_CHIP_ROOT, MATTER_DEVELOPMENT_PAA_ROOT_CERTS),
-                      '--log-format', '%(message)s', "--app-pid", str(app_pid)] + shlex.split(script_args)
+    script_command = [
+        script,
+        "--fail-on-skipped",
+        "--paa-trust-store-path", os.path.join(DEFAULT_CHIP_ROOT, MATTER_DEVELOPMENT_PAA_ROOT_CERTS),
+        "--log-format", '%(message)s',
+        "--app-pid", str(app_pid),
+    ] + shlex.split(script_args)
 
     if script_gdb:
         #
diff --git a/src/python_testing/matter_testing_infrastructure/chip/testing/matter_testing.py b/src/python_testing/matter_testing_infrastructure/chip/testing/matter_testing.py
index 0ad55369e106cb..b8b2a41d456005 100644
--- a/src/python_testing/matter_testing_infrastructure/chip/testing/matter_testing.py
+++ b/src/python_testing/matter_testing_infrastructure/chip/testing/matter_testing.py
@@ -1936,6 +1936,7 @@ def convert_args_to_matter_config(args: argparse.Namespace) -> MatterTestConfig:
     config.timeout = args.timeout  # This can be none, we pull the default from the test if it's unspecified
     config.endpoint = args.endpoint  # This can be None, the get_endpoint function allows the tests to supply a default
     config.app_pid = 0 if args.app_pid is None else args.app_pid
+    config.fail_on_skipped_tests = args.fail_on_skipped
 
     config.controller_node_id = args.controller_node_id
     config.trace_to = args.trace_to
@@ -1969,6 +1970,8 @@ def parse_matter_test_args(argv: Optional[List[str]] = None) -> MatterTestConfig
                              type=str,
                              metavar='test_a test_b...',
                              help='A list of tests in the test class to execute.')
+    basic_group.add_argument('--fail-on-skipped', action="store_true", default=False,
+                             help="Fail the test if any test cases are skipped")
     basic_group.add_argument('--trace-to', nargs="*", default=[],
                              help="Where to trace (e.g perfetto, perfetto:path, json:log, json:path)")
     basic_group.add_argument('--storage-path', action="store", type=pathlib.Path,
@@ -2510,6 +2513,8 @@ def run_tests_no_exit(test_class: MatterBaseTest, matter_test_config: MatterTest
             try:
                 runner.run()
                 ok = runner.results.is_all_pass and ok
+                if matter_test_config.fail_on_skipped_tests and runner.results.skipped:
+                    ok = False
             except TimeoutError:
                 ok = False
             except signals.TestAbortAll: