diff --git a/pkg/framework/test/ci/pipeline.yml b/pkg/framework/test/ci/pipeline.yml
index f9320fe6..6332d727 100644
--- a/pkg/framework/test/ci/pipeline.yml
+++ b/pkg/framework/test/ci/pipeline.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
           export PATH="${PATH}:${GOPATH}/bin"
           go get github.com/onsi/ginkgo/ginkgo
           "${GOPATH}/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/framework/test/scripts/download-binaries.sh"
-          "${GOPATH}/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/framework/test/scripts/run-tests.sh"
+          GINKGO_PERFORMANCE=1 "${GOPATH}/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/framework/test/scripts/run-tests.sh"
 - name: push-to-prod-branch
   serial: true
   plan:
diff --git a/pkg/framework/test/scripts/run-tests.sh b/pkg/framework/test/scripts/run-tests.sh
index fc9c21f7..75bedead 100755
--- a/pkg/framework/test/scripts/run-tests.sh
+++ b/pkg/framework/test/scripts/run-tests.sh
@@ -4,11 +4,18 @@ set -eu
 # Use DEBUG=1 ./scripts/run-tests.sh to get debug output
 [[ -z "${DEBUG:-""}" ]] || set -x
 
-ginkgo_args=''
-[[ -z "${GINKGO_WATCH:-""}" ]] || ginkgo_args="${ginkgo_args} watch"
+declare -a ginkgo_args
+
+if [[ -n "${GINKGO_WATCH:-""}" ]] ; then
+  ginkgo_args=( "${ginkgo_args[@]}" "watch" )
+fi
+
+if [[ -z ${GINKGO_PERFORMANCE:-""} ]] ; then
+  ginkgo_args=( "${ginkgo_args[@]}" "-skipMeasurements" )
+fi
 
 test_framework_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." ; pwd)"
 
 export KUBE_ASSETS_DIR="${test_framework_dir}/assets/bin"
 
-ginkgo $ginkgo_args -r "${test_framework_dir}"
+ginkgo "${ginkgo_args[@]}" -r "${test_framework_dir}"