diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index afb35ffc..d5e7b51c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
             python -m hatchling build -t sdist --hooks-only
-            python -m tox -e ${{ matrix.toxenv }}
+            python -m tox -e ${{ matrix.toxenv }}-geoip
 
       - name: Report to coveralls
         uses: coverallsapp/github-action@f350da2c033043742f89e8c0b7b5145a1616da6d  # v2.1.2
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
index b99a563a..0bfe671e 100644
--- a/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -38,6 +38,18 @@ class TestBase(unittest.TestCase):
         init_i18n()
 
 
+@lru_cache(1)
+def running_in_ci():
+    return "CI" in os.environ
+
+
+def skip(reason, strict=True):
+    if strict and running_in_ci():
+        pytest.fail(reason)
+    else:
+        pytest.skip(reason)
+
+
 def run(cmd, verbosity=0, **kwargs):
     """Run command without error checking.
     @return: command return code"""
@@ -65,14 +77,14 @@ def run_silent(cmd):
         null.close()
 
 
-def _need_func(testfunc, name):
+def _need_func(testfunc, name, strict=True):
     """Decorator skipping test if given testfunc fails."""
 
     def check_func(func):
         @wraps(func)
         def newfunc(*args, **kwargs):
             if not testfunc():
-                pytest.skip("%s is not available" % name)
+                skip("%s is not available" % name, strict)
             return func(*args, **kwargs)
 
         return newfunc
@@ -111,7 +123,7 @@ def has_posix():
     return os.name == "posix"
 
 
-need_posix = _need_func(has_posix, "POSIX system")
+need_posix = _need_func(has_posix, "POSIX system", False)
 
 
 @lru_cache(1)
@@ -120,7 +132,7 @@ def has_windows():
     return os.name == "nt"
 
 
-need_windows = _need_func(has_windows, "Windows system")
+need_windows = _need_func(has_windows, "Windows system", False)
 
 
 @lru_cache(1)
@@ -129,7 +141,7 @@ def has_linux():
     return sys.platform.startswith("linux")
 
 
-need_linux = _need_func(has_linux, "Linux system")
+need_linux = _need_func(has_linux, "Linux system", False)
 
 
 @lru_cache(1)
@@ -207,7 +219,7 @@ def has_word():
     return parseword.has_word()
 
 
-need_word = _need_func(has_word, "Word")
+need_word = _need_func(has_word, "Word", False)
 
 
 @lru_cache(1)
diff --git a/tests/checker/ftpserver.py b/tests/checker/ftpserver.py
index 8643f616..e3e01379 100644
--- a/tests/checker/ftpserver.py
+++ b/tests/checker/ftpserver.py
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ Define http test support classes for LinkChecker tests.
 import os
 import time
 import threading
-import pytest
 from ftplib import FTP
+
+from tests import skip
 from . import LinkCheckTest
 
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ def start_server(host, port):
         from pyftpdlib.servers import FTPServer
         from pyftpdlib import __ver__ as pyftpdlib_version
     except ImportError:
-        pytest.skip("pyftpdlib is not available")
+        skip("pyftpdlib is not available")
         return
     authorizer = DummyAuthorizer()
     datadir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "data")
diff --git a/tests/checker/test_file.py b/tests/checker/test_file.py
index b8098d63..f2a12935 100644
--- a/tests/checker/test_file.py
+++ b/tests/checker/test_file.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class TestFile(LinkCheckTest):
             # Fails on NT platforms and I am too lazy to fix
             # Cause: url get quoted %7C which gets lowercased to
             # %7c and this fails.
-            pytest.skip("Not running on NT")
+            pytest.skip("Running on Windows")
         url = "file:/%(curdir)s/%(datadir)s/file.txt" % self.get_attrs()
         nurl = self.norm(url)
         resultlines = [
diff --git a/tests/checker/test_httpbin.py b/tests/checker/test_httpbin.py
index db17f6c9..6c4d6128 100644
--- a/tests/checker/test_httpbin.py
+++ b/tests/checker/test_httpbin.py
@@ -16,15 +16,14 @@
 """
 Test http stuff with httpbin.org.
 """
-import os
 import re
-from tests import need_network
+from tests import need_network, running_in_ci
 from . import LinkCheckTest
 
 
 def get_httpbin_url(path):
     """Get httpbin URL."""
-    if "CI" in os.environ:
+    if running_in_ci():
         host = "localhost:8080"
     else:
         host = "httpbin.org"
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 2878d082..90b356cc 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ deps =
     pyopenssl
     pytest-xdist
     pytest-cov
-    GeoIP
+    geoip: GeoIP
 
 [testenv]
 usedevelop = true