diff --git a/test/integration/fixtures/options/forbid-pending/skip-suite.js b/test/integration/fixtures/options/forbid-pending/skip-suite.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe0a4578f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/fixtures/options/forbid-pending/skip-suite.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+'use strict';
+
+describe.skip('forbid pending - suite marked with skip', function () {
+  it('test1', function () {});
+});
diff --git a/test/integration/options.spec.js b/test/integration/options.spec.js
index c385d6c56d..a5919e5cb2 100644
--- a/test/integration/options.spec.js
+++ b/test/integration/options.spec.js
@@ -263,5 +263,14 @@ describe('options', function () {
         done();
       });
     });
+
+    it('fails if there are tests in suites marked skip', function (done) {
+      run('options/forbid-pending/skip-suite.js', args, function (err, res) {
+        assert(!err);
+        assert.equal(res.code, 1);
+        assert.equal(res.failures[0].err.message, pendingErrorMessage);
+        done();
+      });
+    });
   });
 });