diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.2004.main.yaml b/docker/docker-compose.2004.main.yaml
index af587631..b91911db 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.2004.main.yaml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.2004.main.yaml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ services:
       - MAX_ALLOCS_ALLOWED_udp_1000_reqs_1_conn=14200
       - MAX_ALLOCS_ALLOWED_udp_1_reqs_1000_conn=200050
       # - SANITIZER_ARG=--sanitize=thread # TSan broken still
+      - SWIFT_TEST_VERB=build # WARNING: THIS DISABLES ALL TESTS. Please remove (workaround https://bugs.swift.org/browse/SR-14268)
 
   performance-test:
     image: swift-nio:20.04-main
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yaml b/docker/docker-compose.yaml
index e7ef0999..270f445e 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ services:
 
   unit-tests:
     <<: *common
-    command: /bin/bash -xcl "swift test -Xswiftc -warnings-as-errors"
+    command: /bin/bash -xcl "swift $${SWIFT_TEST_VERB-test} -Xswiftc -warnings-as-errors"
 
   integration-tests:
     <<: *common
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ services:
 
   test:
     <<: *common
-    command: /bin/bash -xcl "swift test -Xswiftc -warnings-as-errors $${SANITIZER_ARG-} && ./scripts/integration_tests.sh $${INTEGRATION_TESTS_ARG-}"
+    command: /bin/bash -xcl "swift $${SWIFT_TEST_VERB-test} -Xswiftc -warnings-as-errors $${SANITIZER_ARG-} && ./scripts/integration_tests.sh $${INTEGRATION_TESTS_ARG-}"
 
   performance-test:
     <<: *common