diff --git a/.github/workflows/pip.yml b/.github/workflows/pip.yml
index efbbb7f..cc47f86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pip.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pip.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m scpdt scpdt/tests/finder_cases.py -vv
 
+    - name: Test pytest plugin
+      # This test will fail in a venv where scpdt has not been installed and the plugin has not been activated
+      run: |
+        test_files=("scpdt/tests/module_cases.py" "scpdt/tests/stopwords_cases.py" "scpdt/tests/local_file_cases.py")
+          for file in "${test_files[@]}"; do
+            python -m pytest "${file}" --doctest-modules
+          done
+
     - name: Test testfile CLI
       run: |
         python -m scpdt ./scpdt/tests/scipy_linalg_tutorial_clone.rst -v
@@ -65,10 +73,3 @@ jobs:
         python -mpip install pooch
         python -c'from scipy import ndimage; from scpdt import testmod; testmod(ndimage, verbose=True, strategy="api")'
 
-    - name: Test pytest plugin
-      # This test will fail in a venv where scpdt has not been installed and the plugin has not been activated
-      run: |
-        test_files=("scpdt/tests/module_cases.py" "scpdt/tests/stopwords_cases.py" "scpdt/tests/local_file_cases.py")
-          for file in "${test_files[@]}"; do
-            python -m pytest "${file}" --doctest-modules
-          done
diff --git a/scpdt/impl.py b/scpdt/impl.py
index a5923d6..26f79a1 100644
--- a/scpdt/impl.py
+++ b/scpdt/impl.py
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ class DTConfig:
         NameErrors. Set to True if you want to see these, or if your test
         is actually expected to raise NameErrors.
         Default is False.
+    pytest_extra_skips : list
+        A list of names/modules to skip when run under pytest plugin. Ignored
+        otherwise.
 
     """
     def __init__(self, *, # DTChecker configuration
@@ -88,6 +91,7 @@ def __init__(self, *, # DTChecker configuration
                           # Obscure switches
                           parse_namedtuples=True,  # Checker
                           nameerror_after_exception=False,  # Runner
+                          pytest_extra_skips=None,        # plugin/collection
     ):
         ### DTChecker configuration ###
         # The namespace to run examples in
@@ -171,6 +175,11 @@ def __init__(self, *, # DTChecker configuration
         self.parse_namedtuples = parse_namedtuples
         self.nameerror_after_exception = nameerror_after_exception
 
+        #### pytest plugin additional switches
+        if pytest_extra_skips is None:
+            pytest_extra_skips = []
+        self.pytest_extra_skips = pytest_extra_skips
+
 
 def try_convert_namedtuple(got):
     # suppose that "got" is smth like MoodResult(statistic=10, pvalue=0.1).