diff --git a/dev-python/prometheus-client/prometheus-client-0.20.0.ebuild b/dev-python/prometheus-client/prometheus-client-0.20.0.ebuild
index 8936fe3974dc7..70af628bd4e1a 100644
--- a/dev-python/prometheus-client/prometheus-client-0.20.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/prometheus-client/prometheus-client-0.20.0.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ RDEPEND="
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 
-EPYTEST_IGNORE=(
-	# optional tests, broken with >=dev-python/asgiref-3.8
-	tests/test_asgi.py
-)
+python_test() {
+	local EPYTEST_IGNORE=(
+		# optional tests, broken with >=dev-python/asgiref-3.8
+		tests/test_asgi.py
+	)
+
+	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
+	epytest
+}