diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 7c3025871..837fb8c49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ on:
 jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # https://github.community/t/github-actions-does-not-respect-skip-ci/17325/8
+    if: "! contains(toJSON(github.event.commits.*.message), '[skip ci]')"
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Set up Python 3.x
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ jobs:
 
   test:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
+    if: "! contains(toJSON(github.event.commits.*.message), '[skip ci]')"
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ jobs:
 
   test-cython:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: "! contains(toJSON(github.event.commits.*.message), '[skip ci]')"
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Set up Python 3.x
@@ -74,6 +78,7 @@ jobs:
 
   test-pypy3:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: "! contains(toJSON(github.event.commits.*.message), '[skip ci]')"
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Set up Python pypy3