diff --git a/shell/hush_test/hush-parsing/escape1.tests b/shell/hush_test/hush-parsing/escape1.tests
index 67cfd1f..25ac96b 100755
--- a/shell/hush_test/hush-parsing/escape1.tests
+++ b/shell/hush_test/hush-parsing/escape1.tests
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+test "$CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_ECHO" = "y" || exit 77
+
 echo "\\"
 echo a"\\"b
 echo '\\'
diff --git a/shell/hush_test/hush-parsing/escape3.tests b/shell/hush_test/hush-parsing/escape3.tests
index 111ed40..18705bd 100755
--- a/shell/hush_test/hush-parsing/escape3.tests
+++ b/shell/hush_test/hush-parsing/escape3.tests
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+test "$CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_ECHO" = "y" || exit 77
+
 v='a \ b \\ c \\\ d \\\\ e'
 echo v: $v
 echo v: "$v"
diff --git a/shell/hush_test/hush-psubst/tick3.tests b/shell/hush_test/hush-psubst/tick3.tests
index 2b055bb..469c43c 100755
--- a/shell/hush_test/hush-psubst/tick3.tests
+++ b/shell/hush_test/hush-psubst/tick3.tests
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+test "$CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_ECHO" = "y" || exit 77
+
 TEST=Q
 # \` is special
 echo `echo '\'TEST\`echo ZZ\`BEST`