diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 2d12d3687fe..0fe3dbb418b 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,12 +29,18 @@ set(MEMORYCHECK_SUPPRESSIONS_FILE ${MEMORYCHECK_SUPPRESSIONS_FILE_TMP} CACHE FIL
 
 # Check if /etc/hosts file has been modified to add dummy host test subjects
 if(WIN32)
-    execute_process(COMMAND powershell -C Resolve-DNSName www.acme.com.test
+    execute_process(COMMAND powershell -C Resolve-DNSName -Name www.acme.com.test -CacheOnly
         RESULT_VARIABLE EPROSIMA_TEST_DNS_NOT_SET_UP OUTPUT_QUIET ERROR_QUIET)
-else(WIN32)
+elseif(APPLE)
+	execute_process(
+        COMMAND dscacheutil -q host -a name www.acme.com.test
+        COMMAND grep www.acme.com.test
+        RESULT_VARIABLE EPROSIMA_TEST_DNS_NOT_SET_UP OUTPUT_QUIET ERROR_QUIET)
+else()
     execute_process(COMMAND getent hosts www.acme.com.test
         RESULT_VARIABLE EPROSIMA_TEST_DNS_NOT_SET_UP OUTPUT_QUIET ERROR_QUIET)
-endif(WIN32)
+endif()
+message(STATUS "EPROSIMA_TEST_DNS_NOT_SET_UP: '${EPROSIMA_TEST_DNS_NOT_SET_UP}'")
 
 ###############################################################################
 # Testing
diff --git a/test/blackbox/CMakeLists.txt b/test/blackbox/CMakeLists.txt
index 541dead905e..3d6c2b4d33e 100644
--- a/test/blackbox/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/blackbox/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,13 +47,20 @@ endif()
 
 # Filter pksc11 related tests if library is not available
 if(NOT LibP11_FOUND)
-    set(pkcs_filter "-*pkcs*")
+    set(pkcs_filter "*pkcs*")
 endif() # LibP11_FOUND
 
 if(EPROSIMA_TEST_DNS_NOT_SET_UP)
-    set(dns_filter "-*ServerClientEnvironmentSetUpDNS*")
+    set(dns_filter "*ServerClientEnvironmentSetUpDNS*")
 endif()
 
+string(JOIN ":" BLACKBOX_HIGH_LEVEL_IGNORED_TESTS ${pkcs_filter} ${dns_filter})
+if(NOT BLACKBOX_HIGH_LEVEL_IGNORED_TESTS STREQUAL "")
+	message(STATUS "Ignoring tests '${BLACKBOX_HIGH_LEVEL_IGNORED_TESTS}'")
+    string(PREPEND BLACKBOX_HIGH_LEVEL_IGNORED_TESTS "-")
+endif()
+message(STATUS "BLACKBOX_HIGH_LEVEL_IGNORED_TESTS set to '${BLACKBOX_HIGH_LEVEL_IGNORED_TESTS}'")
+
 file(GLOB RTPS_BLACKBOXTESTS_TEST_SOURCE "common/RTPSBlackboxTests*.cpp")
 set(RTPS_BLACKBOXTESTS_SOURCE ${RTPS_BLACKBOXTESTS_TEST_SOURCE}
     types/Data1mb.cxx
@@ -100,7 +107,7 @@ target_include_directories(BlackboxTests_RTPS PRIVATE
 target_link_libraries(BlackboxTests_RTPS fastrtps fastcdr foonathan_memory GTest::gtest)
 gtest_discover_tests(BlackboxTests_RTPS
     TEST_PREFIX "BlackboxTests_RTPS."
-    TEST_FILTER ${pkcs_filter}
+    TEST_FILTER ${BLACKBOX_HIGH_LEVEL_IGNORED_TESTS}
     NO_PRETTY_VALUES
     )
 
@@ -226,7 +233,7 @@ if(FASTRTPS_API_TESTS)
             ENVIRONMENT "MULTICAST_PORT_RANDOM_NUMBER=${MULTICAST_PORT_RANDOM_NUMBER}"
             ENVIRONMENT $<IF:$<BOOL:${OPENSSL_CONF}>,OPENSSL_CONF=${OPENSSL_CONF},>
         TEST_PREFIX "BlackboxTests_FastRTPS."
-        TEST_FILTER ${pkcs_filter} ${dns_filter}
+        TEST_FILTER ${BLACKBOX_HIGH_LEVEL_IGNORED_TESTS}
         NO_PRETTY_VALUES
         )
 endif(FASTRTPS_API_TESTS)
@@ -281,7 +288,7 @@ if(FASTDDS_PIM_API_TESTS)
             ENVIRONMENT "MULTICAST_PORT_RANDOM_NUMBER=${MULTICAST_PORT_RANDOM_NUMBER}"
             ENVIRONMENT $<IF:$<BOOL:${OPENSSL_CONF}>,OPENSSL_CONF=${OPENSSL_CONF},>
         TEST_PREFIX "BlackboxTests_DDS_PIM."
-        TEST_FILTER ${pkcs_filter} ${dns_filter}
+        TEST_FILTER ${BLACKBOX_HIGH_LEVEL_IGNORED_TESTS}
         NO_PRETTY_VALUES
         )
 endif(FASTDDS_PIM_API_TESTS)
diff --git a/test/unittest/dds/participant/CMakeLists.txt b/test/unittest/dds/participant/CMakeLists.txt
index 927239c6b51..9982d19b89b 100644
--- a/test/unittest/dds/participant/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/unittest/dds/participant/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ target_link_libraries(ParticipantTests fastrtps fastcdr foonathan_memory
     ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
 
 if(EPROSIMA_TEST_DNS_NOT_SET_UP)
+    message(STATUS "Ignoring 'ParticipantTests.SimpleParticipantRemoteServerListConfigurationDNS'")
     set(dns_filter "-ParticipantTests.SimpleParticipantRemoteServerListConfigurationDNS")
 endif()
 
diff --git a/test/unittest/utils/CMakeLists.txt b/test/unittest/utils/CMakeLists.txt
index ce3534c8954..4bcbcf3d804 100644
--- a/test/unittest/utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/unittest/utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -119,18 +119,11 @@ if(QNX)
     target_link_libraries(LocatorTests socket)
 endif()
 if(EPROSIMA_TEST_DNS_NOT_SET_UP)
-    set(IGNORE_COMMAND LocatorDNSTests)
+    message(STATUS "Ignoring 'LocatorDNSTests*'")
+    set(IGNORE_COMMAND "-LocatorDNSTests*")
 endif()
 gtest_discover_tests(LocatorTests TEST_FILTER ${IGNORE_COMMAND})
 unset(IGNORE_COMMAND)
-# Skip DNS related tests when not running on our CI
-if(NOT(EPROSIMA_BUILD))
-    message(STATUS "Ignoring DNS tests")
-    set(CTEST_CUSTOM_TESTS_IGNORE
-        ${CTEST_CUSTOM_TESTS_IGNORE}
-        LocatorDNSTests
-        )
-endif()
 
 add_executable(FixedSizeQueueTests ${FIXEDSIZEQUEUETESTS_SOURCE})
 target_include_directories(FixedSizeQueueTests PRIVATE