diff --git a/mesonbuild/mtest.py b/mesonbuild/mtest.py
index 503cb14325dd..fef77d89ce08 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/mtest.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/mtest.py
@@ -1578,7 +1578,7 @@ async def _run_cmd(self, harness: 'TestHarness', cmd: T.List[str]) -> None:
                                        env=self.runobj.env,
                                        cwd=self.test.workdir)
 
-        if self.runobj.needs_parsing:
+        if self.runobj.needs_parsing and self.console_mode is not ConsoleUser.INTERACTIVE:
             parse_coro = self.runobj.parse(harness, p.stdout_lines())
             parse_task = asyncio.ensure_future(parse_coro)
         else: