diff --git a/xrspatial/geotiff/tests/conftest.py b/xrspatial/geotiff/tests/conftest.py
index 394d368a..86cf2a26 100644
--- a/xrspatial/geotiff/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/xrspatial/geotiff/tests/conftest.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import importlib.util
 import math
+import os
 import socket
 import struct
 
@@ -54,6 +55,14 @@ def loopback_available() -> bool:
     not _HAS_LOOPBACK, reason="loopback bind unavailable in this environment"
 )
 
+_RUN_INTEGRATION = os.environ.get("XRSPATIAL_RUN_INTEGRATION", "") not in (
+    "", "0", "false", "False"
+)
+requires_integration = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not _RUN_INTEGRATION,
+    reason="integration test; set XRSPATIAL_RUN_INTEGRATION=1 to run locally",
+)
+
 
 def pytest_collection_modifyitems(config, items):
     """Auto-skip tests that stand up a loopback HTTP server when the
diff --git a/xrspatial/geotiff/tests/test_int_coords_round_trip_hotfix_1962.py b/xrspatial/geotiff/tests/test_int_coords_round_trip_hotfix_1962.py
index e7fca446..4945c09e 100644
--- a/xrspatial/geotiff/tests/test_int_coords_round_trip_hotfix_1962.py
+++ b/xrspatial/geotiff/tests/test_int_coords_round_trip_hotfix_1962.py
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@
 
 from xrspatial.geotiff import open_geotiff, to_geotiff
 
+from .conftest import requires_integration
+
 
 def _tmp_path(name):
     return os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), name)
 
 
+@requires_integration
 class TestIntCoordRoundTripHotfix1962:
     def test_int_coords_2d_round_trip(self):
         pixels = np.arange(20, dtype=np.float32).reshape(4, 5)