diff --git a/jenkinsfiles/ginkgo-kernel.Jenkinsfile b/jenkinsfiles/ginkgo-kernel.Jenkinsfile
index 57a081ce3302..6dbf3dddb8a8 100644
--- a/jenkinsfiles/ginkgo-kernel.Jenkinsfile
+++ b/jenkinsfiles/ginkgo-kernel.Jenkinsfile
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ pipeline {
             returnStdout: true,
             script: 'if [ "${JobKernelVersion}" = "net-next" ]; then echo -n "0"; else echo -n ""; fi'
             )}"""
+        RUN_QUARANTINED="""${sh(
+				returnStdout: true,
+				script: 'if [ "${RunQuarantined}" = "" ]; then echo -n "false"; else echo -n "${RunQuarantined}"; fi'
+            )}"""
     }
 
     options {
@@ -170,7 +174,7 @@ pipeline {
             }
             steps {
                 sh 'env'
-                sh 'cd ${TESTDIR}; HOME=${GOPATH} ginkgo --focus="$(python get-gh-comment-info.py "${ghprbCommentBody}" | sed "s/^$/K8s*/" | sed "s/Runtime.*/NoTests/")" -v --failFast=${FAILFAST} -- -cilium.provision=false -cilium.timeout=${GINKGO_TIMEOUT} -cilium.kubeconfig=${TESTDIR}/vagrant-kubeconfig -cilium.passCLIEnvironment=true -cilium.registry=$(./print-node-ip.sh)'
+                sh 'cd ${TESTDIR}; HOME=${GOPATH} ginkgo --focus="$(python get-gh-comment-info.py "${ghprbCommentBody}" | sed "s/^$/K8s*/" | sed "s/Runtime.*/NoTests/")" -v --failFast=${FAILFAST} -- -cilium.provision=false -cilium.timeout=${GINKGO_TIMEOUT} -cilium.kubeconfig=${TESTDIR}/vagrant-kubeconfig -cilium.passCLIEnvironment=true -cilium.registry=$(./print-node-ip.sh) -cilium.runQuarantined=${RUN_QUARANTINED}'
             }
             post {
                 always {
diff --git a/jenkinsfiles/ginkgo-runtime-kernel.Jenkinsfile b/jenkinsfiles/ginkgo-runtime-kernel.Jenkinsfile
index 55e0ac6b9f83..a07aafc6211e 100644
--- a/jenkinsfiles/ginkgo-runtime-kernel.Jenkinsfile
+++ b/jenkinsfiles/ginkgo-runtime-kernel.Jenkinsfile
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ pipeline {
             )}"""
         TESTED_SUITE="runtime"
         FAILFAST=setIfLabel("ci/fail-fast", "true", "false")
+        RUN_QUARANTINED="""${sh(
+				returnStdout: true,
+				script: 'if [ "${RunQuarantined}" = "" ]; then echo -n "false"; else echo -n "${RunQuarantined}"; fi'
+            )}"""
     }
 
     options {
@@ -132,7 +136,7 @@ pipeline {
                 TESTDIR="${GOPATH}/${PROJ_PATH}/test"
             }
             steps {
-                sh 'cd ${TESTDIR}; ginkgo --focus="$(python get-gh-comment-info.py "${ghprbCommentBody}" | sed "s/^$/Runtime.*/" | sed "s/K8s.*/NoTests/")" -v --failFast=${FAILFAST} -- -cilium.provision=false -cilium.timeout=${GINKGO_TIMEOUT}'
+                sh 'cd ${TESTDIR}; ginkgo --focus="$(python get-gh-comment-info.py "${ghprbCommentBody}" | sed "s/^$/Runtime.*/" | sed "s/K8s.*/NoTests/")" -v --failFast=${FAILFAST} -- -cilium.provision=false -cilium.timeout=${GINKGO_TIMEOUT} -cilium.runQuarantined=${RUN_QUARANTINED}'
             }
             post {
                 always {