diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index d2048d9769..7875e65cde 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  <property name="env.PHPUNIT_XML" value="phpunit.xml.dist"/>
  <property name="env.PHPUNIT_XML_NOCOVERAGE" value="phpunit.xml.nocoverage"/>
  <property name="env.PHPUNIT_XML_HHVM" value="phpunit.xml.hhvm"/>
- <property name="env.PHPUNIT_ARGS" value=""/>
+ <property name="env.PHPUNIT_ARGS" value="--exclude-group selenium,runkit"/>
 
  <target name="clean" description="Clean up and create artifact directories">
   <delete dir="${basedir}/build/api"/>
diff --git a/test/classes/Dbi/DbiMysqliTest.php b/test/classes/Dbi/DbiMysqliTest.php
index 971fcb2e4a..05fa2ea331 100644
--- a/test/classes/Dbi/DbiMysqliTest.php
+++ b/test/classes/Dbi/DbiMysqliTest.php
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class DbiMysqliTest extends PmaTestCase
      * @return void
      *
      * @group medium
+     * @group runkit
      */
     public function testMysqliDBI()
     {