diff --git a/hack/make/test-docker-py b/hack/make/test-docker-py
index 540fab4970..2dc55a5454 100644
--- a/hack/make/test-docker-py
+++ b/hack/make/test-docker-py
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ source hack/make/.integration-test-helpers
 # unable to prepare context: unable to 'git clone' to temporary context directory: error fetching: error: no such remote ref ead0bb9e08c13dd3d1712759491eee06bf5a5602
 #: exit status 128
 : ${DOCKER_PY_COMMIT:=4.0.2}
+
+# custom options to pass py.test
+# TODO remove these skip once we update to a docker-py version that has https://github.com/docker/docker-py/pull/2369 and https://github.com/docker/docker-py/pull/2380
+: ${PY_TEST_OPTIONS:="--deselect=tests/integration/api_swarm_test.py::SwarmTest::test_init_swarm_data_path_addr --deselect=tests/integration/api_exec_test.py::ExecTest::test_detach_with_arg --deselect=tests/integration/api_exec_test.py::ExecDemuxTest::test_exec_command_tty_stream_no_demux"}
 (
 	bundle .integration-daemon-start
 
@@ -45,7 +49,7 @@ source hack/make/.integration-test-helpers
 	echo INFO: Starting docker-py tests...
 	(
 		[ -n "${TESTDEBUG}" ] && set -x
-		exec docker run -t --rm ${run_opts} ${docker_py_image} py.test tests/integration
+		exec docker run -t --rm ${run_opts} ${docker_py_image} pytest ${PY_TEST_OPTIONS} tests/integration
 	)
 	bundle .integration-daemon-stop
 ) 2>&1 | tee -a "$DEST/test.log"