diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cherrypy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cherrypy/default.nix
index 99d21c130da4..f23d06001922 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cherrypy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cherrypy/default.nix
@@ -32,10 +32,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     objgraph pytest pytestcov pathpy requests_toolbelt pytest-services
   ];
 
+  # Keyboard interrupt ends test suite run
+  # daemonize and autoreload tests have issue with sockets within sandbox
   # Disable doctest plugin because times out
   checkPhase = ''
     substituteInPlace pytest.ini --replace "--doctest-modules" ""
     pytest \
+      -k 'not KeyboardInterrupt and not daemonize and not Autoreload' \
       --deselect=cherrypy/test/test_static.py::StaticTest::test_null_bytes \
       --deselect=cherrypy/test/test_tools.py::ToolTests::testCombinedTools \
       ${stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin