diff --git a/artemis-features/pom.xml b/artemis-features/pom.xml
index 6ebb80ad3f..e4710e98a5 100644
--- a/artemis-features/pom.xml
+++ b/artemis-features/pom.xml
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
                             <goal>verify</goal>
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
+                            <skip>${skipFeaturesVerification}</skip>
                             <descriptors>
                                 <descriptor>mvn:org.apache.karaf.features/specs/${karaf.version}/xml/features</descriptor>
                                 <descriptor>mvn:org.apache.karaf.features/framework/${karaf.version}/xml/features</descriptor>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0dce886ecc..3eae4a67a7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@
       <skipJmsTests>true</skipJmsTests>
       <skipExtraTests>true</skipExtraTests>
       <skipIntegrationTests>true</skipIntegrationTests>
+      <skipFeaturesVerification>true</skipFeaturesVerification>
       <skipIsolatedIntegrationTests>true</skipIsolatedIntegrationTests>
       <skipLeakTests>true</skipLeakTests>
       <skipSmokeTests>true</skipSmokeTests>
@@ -1362,6 +1363,7 @@
             <skipJmsTests>false</skipJmsTests>
             <skipJoramTests>false</skipJoramTests>
             <skipIntegrationTests>false</skipIntegrationTests>
+            <skipFeaturesVerification>false</skipFeaturesVerification>
             <skipIsolatedIntegrationTests>false</skipIsolatedIntegrationTests>
             <skipSmokeTests>false</skipSmokeTests>
             <skipTimingTests>true</skipTimingTests>
@@ -1387,6 +1389,7 @@
                  integration-tests module tests, see fast-tests profile
                  in the latter for specific tests it then runs -->
             <skipIntegrationTests>false</skipIntegrationTests>
+            <skipFeaturesVerification>false</skipFeaturesVerification>
             <!-- Only a portion of the smoke-tests are run. See the filter
                  applied in the fast-tests profile under ./tests/smoke-tests -->
             <skipSmokeTests>false</skipSmokeTests>