diff --git a/.github/workflows/_reusable-test-qemu.yml b/.github/workflows/_reusable-test-qemu.yml
index 07dad4b05..0f4b99a0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_reusable-test-qemu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_reusable-test-qemu.yml
@@ -103,13 +103,16 @@ jobs:
       # these have to be in env context because they depend on matrix context
       UNIQUE_ID: ${{ matrix.kind }}-${{ inputs.triple }}-ubuntu-${{ matrix.compiler }}-${{ matrix.build_shared }}-${{ inputs.gcc_version }}-${{ inputs.llvm_version }}
       UNIQUE_NAME: ${{ inputs.architecture }}-ubuntu-${{ matrix.compiler }}-${{ matrix.build_shared }}
+      UNIQUE_NAME_AND_KIND: ${{ env.UNIQUE_NAME }}-${{ matrix.kind }}
       CMAKE_PRESET: ${{ matrix.preset }}-${{ matrix.kind }}
       CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: ${{ ( matrix.kind == 'ansi' || matrix.kind == 'warning' ) && 'Release' || 'Debug' }}
       # apparently not possible to skip job using matrix context, so this is the next best thing
+      # hppa tests segfault when built
       SKIP_JOB: >-
         ${{ (
           ( matrix.compiler == 'clang' && inputs.skip_llvm ) ||
-          ( matrix.compiler == 'gcc' && inputs.skip_gcc )
+          ( matrix.compiler == 'gcc' && inputs.skip_gcc )    ||
+          ( env.UNIQUE_NAME_AND_KIND == 'hppa-ubuntu-gcc-shared-coverage' )
         ) }}
       # necessary because publish-coverage job expects everything to have the same root path
       ROOT_PATH: /Users/${{ matrix.kind }}