diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares/run-ptest b/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares/run-ptest
index 15971dec05..46572111b5 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares/run-ptest
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/c-ares/c-ares/run-ptest
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-if ./arestest; then
+if ./arestest --gtest_filter=-*.Live*; then
 	echo "PASS: c-ares"
 else
 	echo "FAIL: c-ares"