diff --git a/utils/build-script-impl b/utils/build-script-impl
index bf7f9a25331ea..5d05ab7bd499d 100755
--- a/utils/build-script-impl
+++ b/utils/build-script-impl
@@ -243,12 +243,16 @@ components=(
   xctest
 )
 for component in ${components[@]} ; do
+  component_skip_test_default=""
+  if [[ "${component}" == "cmark" ]]; then
+    component_skip_test_default="1"
+  fi
   KNOWN_SETTINGS+=(
-    ${component}-build-type                       "Debug"           "the build variant for ${component}"
-    ${component}-cmake-options                    ""                "CMake options used for ${component}"
-    skip-build-${component}                       ""                "set to skip building ${component}"
-    skip-test-${component}                        ""                "set to skip testing ${component}"
-    install-${component}                          ""                "whether to install ${component}"
+    ${component}-build-type                       "Debug"                              "the build variant for ${component}"
+    ${component}-cmake-options                    ""                                   "CMake options used for ${component}"
+    skip-build-${component}                       ""                                   "set to skip building ${component}"
+    skip-test-${component}                        "${component_skip_test_default}"     "set to skip testing ${component}"
+    install-${component}                          ""                                   "whether to install ${component}"
   )
 done