diff --git a/tests/dlib_face_detection.phpt b/tests/dlib_face_detection.phpt
index 75fb99f..fa74d4b 100644
--- a/tests/dlib_face_detection.phpt
+++ b/tests/dlib_face_detection.phpt
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 --TEST--
 Frontal face detection.
 --SKIPIF--
-<?php if (!extension_loaded("pdlib") print "skip"; ?>
+<?php
+if (!extension_loaded("pdlib"))  die('skip pdlib extension missing');
+if (getenv("SKIP_SLOW_TESTS")) die('skip slow test');
+?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
 printf("Simple detection\n");
@@ -25,4 +28,4 @@ Faces found = 1
 Face[0] in bounding box (left=214, top=194, right=393, bottom=373)
 Detection with upsampling
 Faces found = 1
-Face[0] in bounding box (left=201, top=180, right=386, bottom=366)
\ No newline at end of file
+Face[0] in bounding box (left=201, top=180, right=386, bottom=366)
diff --git a/tests/integration_face_recognition.phpt b/tests/integration_face_recognition.phpt
index d08ea5a..9179577 100644
--- a/tests/integration_face_recognition.phpt
+++ b/tests/integration_face_recognition.phpt
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 --TEST--
 Full test for face recognition - download models, detect faces, landmark detection and face recognition.
 --SKIPIF--
-<?php if (!extension_loaded("pdlib") || (function_exists("bzopen"))) print "skip"; ?>
+<?php
+if (!extension_loaded("pdlib"))  die('skip pdlib extension missing');
+if (!function_exists("bzopen"))  die('skip bz2 extension missing');
+if (getenv("SKIP_ONLINE_TESTS")) die('skip online test');
+?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
 $models = array(
@@ -57,4 +61,4 @@ Detection
 Faces found = 1
 Face[0] in bounding box (left=187, top=186, right=357, bottom=355)
 Since we used model with 5 shape predictions, we found 5 landmark parts
-Descriptor is vector of 128 dimensions
\ No newline at end of file
+Descriptor is vector of 128 dimensions