diff --git a/tests/tcg/multiarch/Makefile.target b/tests/tcg/multiarch/Makefile.target
index e7213af492..ae8b3d7268 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/multiarch/Makefile.target
+++ b/tests/tcg/multiarch/Makefile.target
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ munmap-pthread: LDFLAGS+=-pthread
 vma-pthread: CFLAGS+=-pthread
 vma-pthread: LDFLAGS+=-pthread
 
+# The vma-pthread seems very sensitive on gitlab and we currently
+# don't know if its exposing a real bug or the test is flaky.
+ifneq ($(GITLAB_CI),)
+run-vma-pthread: vma-pthread
+	$(call skip-test, $<, "flaky on CI?")
+run-plugin-vma-pthread-with-%: vma-pthread
+	$(call skip-test, $<, "flaky on CI?")
+endif
+
 # We define the runner for test-mmap after the individual
 # architectures have defined their supported pages sizes. If no
 # additional page sizes are defined we only run the default test.