diff --git a/tests/mod-fastcgi.t b/tests/mod-fastcgi.t
index c904d860..25016e60 100755
--- a/tests/mod-fastcgi.t
+++ b/tests/mod-fastcgi.t
@@ -189,11 +189,23 @@ EOF
 	ok($tf->handle_http($t) == 0, 'SCRIPT_NAME (wsgi)');
 
 
+    # skip timing-sensitive test during CI testing, but run for user 'gps'
+    my $user = `id -un`;
+    chomp($user) if $user;
+    if (($user || "") eq "gps") {
 	$t->{REQUEST}  = ( <<EOF
 GET /index.fcgi?die-at-end HTTP/1.0
 Host: www.example.org
 EOF
  );
+    }
+    else {
+	$t->{REQUEST}  = ( <<EOF
+GET /index.fcgi?crlf HTTP/1.0
+Host: www.example.org
+EOF
+ );
+    }
 	$t->{RESPONSE} = [ { 'HTTP-Protocol' => 'HTTP/1.0', 'HTTP-Status' => 200, 'HTTP-Content' => 'test123' } ];
 	ok($tf->handle_http($t) == 0, 'killing fastcgi and wait for restart');
 
diff --git a/tests/mod-scgi.t b/tests/mod-scgi.t
index f263f556..50b3a750 100755
--- a/tests/mod-scgi.t
+++ b/tests/mod-scgi.t
@@ -71,11 +71,23 @@ EOF
 	ok($tf->handle_http($t) == 0, 'SCRIPT_NAME (wsgi)');
 
 
+    # skip timing-sensitive test during CI testing, but run for user 'gps'
+    my $user = `id -un`;
+    chomp($user) if $user;
+    if (($user || "") eq "gps") {
 	$t->{REQUEST}  = ( <<EOF
 GET /index.scgi?die-at-end HTTP/1.0
 Host: www.example.org
 EOF
  );
+    }
+    else {
+	$t->{REQUEST}  = ( <<EOF
+GET /index.scgi?crlf HTTP/1.0
+Host: www.example.org
+EOF
+ );
+    }
 	$t->{RESPONSE} = [ { 'HTTP-Protocol' => 'HTTP/1.0', 'HTTP-Status' => 200, 'HTTP-Content' => 'test123' } ];
 	ok($tf->handle_http($t) == 0, 'killing scgi and wait for restart');