diff --git a/tests/scripts/all.sh b/tests/scripts/all.sh
index f1b9cc23a6..c298119cff 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/all.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/all.sh
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 #      * component_check_XXX: quick tests that aren't worth parallelizing.
 #      * component_build_XXX: build things but don't run them.
 #      * component_test_XXX: build and test.
+#      * component_release_XXX: tests that the CI should skip during PR testing.
 #  * support_XXX: if support_XXX exists and returns false then
 #    component_XXX is not run by default.
 #  * post_XXX: things to do after running the tests.
@@ -750,7 +751,7 @@ pre_check_tools () {
         # Require OpenSSL and GnuTLS if running any tests (as opposed to
         # only doing builds). Not all tests run OpenSSL and GnuTLS, but this
         # is a good enough approximation in practice.
-        *" test_"*)
+        *" test_"* | *" release_test_"*)
             # To avoid setting OpenSSL and GnuTLS for each call to compat.sh
             # and ssl-opt.sh, we just export the variables they require.
             export OPENSSL="$OPENSSL"