diff --git a/gradle/testing/defaults-tests.gradle b/gradle/testing/defaults-tests.gradle
index ac47ddd7852..66e117f2949 100644
--- a/gradle/testing/defaults-tests.gradle
+++ b/gradle/testing/defaults-tests.gradle
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ allprojects {
 
       minHeapSize = propertyOrDefault("tests.minheapsize", "256m")
       maxHeapSize = propertyOrDefault("tests.heapsize", "512m")
+      
+      ignoreFailures = (propertyOrDefault("tests.haltonfailure", "true").toBoolean() == false)
 
       jvmArgs Commandline.translateCommandline(propertyOrDefault("tests.jvmargs", System.getenv('TEST_JVM_ARGS') ?: "-XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1"))