diff --git a/teamengine-core/src/main/java/com/occamlab/te/CtlEarlReporter.java b/teamengine-core/src/main/java/com/occamlab/te/CtlEarlReporter.java
index d9127487..acbd3de2 100644
--- a/teamengine-core/src/main/java/com/occamlab/te/CtlEarlReporter.java
+++ b/teamengine-core/src/main/java/com/occamlab/te/CtlEarlReporter.java
@@ -252,6 +252,11 @@ private void getSubtestResult(Model model, NodeList testcallList, NodeList logLi
 					if (cFailCount > 0 || cInheritedFailureCount > 0) {
 						areCoreConformanceClassesPassed = false;
 					}
+					// prevent passing of basic conformance class with all tests skipped
+					// see https://github.com/opengeospatial/teamengine/issues/636
+					else if (cFailCount == 0 && cInheritedFailureCount == 0 && cPassCount == 0 && cSkipCount > 0) {
+						areCoreConformanceClassesPassed = false;
+					}
 				}
 				this.totalPassCount += cPassCount;
 				this.totalFailCount += cFailCount;
diff --git a/teamengine-resources/src/main/resources/com/occamlab/te/earl_html_report.xsl b/teamengine-resources/src/main/resources/com/occamlab/te/earl_html_report.xsl
index e40c6d41..542e7bc2 100644
--- a/teamengine-resources/src/main/resources/com/occamlab/te/earl_html_report.xsl
+++ b/teamengine-resources/src/main/resources/com/occamlab/te/earl_html_report.xsl
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@
                                 <xsl:when test="cite:testsFailed[text() !='0']">
                                   <xsl:value-of select="'No'"/>
                                 </xsl:when>
+                                <xsl:when test="cite:testsFailed[text() ='0'] and cite:testsPassed[text() ='0'] and cite:testsSkipped[text() !='0']">
+                                  <xsl:value-of select="'No'"/>
+                                </xsl:when>
                                 <xsl:otherwise>
                                   <xsl:value-of select="'Yes'"/>
                                 </xsl:otherwise>
diff --git a/teamengine-spi/src/main/java/com/occamlab/te/spi/executors/testng/EarlReporter.java b/teamengine-spi/src/main/java/com/occamlab/te/spi/executors/testng/EarlReporter.java
index 1e696fa9..5e8b56b2 100644
--- a/teamengine-spi/src/main/java/com/occamlab/te/spi/executors/testng/EarlReporter.java
+++ b/teamengine-spi/src/main/java/com/occamlab/te/spi/executors/testng/EarlReporter.java
@@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ void processSuiteResults(Model model, Map<String, ISuiteResult> results) {
 				if (nFailed > 0) {
 					areCoreConformanceClassesPassed = false;
 				}
+				// prevent passing of basic conformance class with all tests skipped
+				// see https://github.com/opengeospatial/teamengine/issues/636
+				else if (nFailed == 0 && nPassed == 0 && nSkipped > 0) {
+					areCoreConformanceClassesPassed = false;
+				}
 			}
 			processTestResults(model, testContext.getFailedTests());
 			processTestResults(model, testContext.getSkippedTests());