diff --git a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-29.4-r10.ebuild b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-29.4-r10.ebuild
index 1dad73e531c22..38f1914874aed 100644
--- a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-29.4-r10.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-29.4-r10.ebuild
@@ -472,6 +472,11 @@ src_test() {
 		# Reason: https://bugs.gnu.org/72120
 		# dired-test-bug27243-02
 		%lisp/dired-tests.el
+
+		# Reason: does not pass -Q to emacs (https://bugs.gnu.org/81676)
+		# emacsclient-test-alternate-editor-allows-arguments
+		# emacsclient-test-alternate-editor-allows-quotes
+		%lib-src/emacsclient-tests.el
 	)
 	use elibc_musl && exclude_tests+=(
 			# Reason: newlocale(3) lenient locale validation #906012
diff --git a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-30.2-r6.ebuild b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-30.2-r6.ebuild
index 445783ce904d5..52d8a18b176e1 100644
--- a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-30.2-r6.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-30.2-r6.ebuild
@@ -473,6 +473,11 @@ src_test() {
 
 		# Reason: fails with app-crypt/freepg
 		%lisp/epg-tests.el
+
+		# Reason: does not pass -Q to emacs (https://bugs.gnu.org/81676)
+		# emacsclient-test-alternate-editor-allows-arguments
+		# emacsclient-test-alternate-editor-allows-quotes
+		%lib-src/emacsclient-tests.el
 	)
 	use elibc_musl && exclude_tests+=(
 			# Reason: newlocale(3) lenient locale validation #906012
diff --git a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-31.1.9999.ebuild b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-31.1.9999.ebuild
index 447a31a1a8bc3..2b2baf263ccb6 100644
--- a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-31.1.9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-31.1.9999.ebuild
@@ -469,6 +469,11 @@ src_test() {
 
 		# Reason: fails with app-crypt/freepg
 		%lisp/epg-tests.el
+
+		# Reason: does not pass -Q to emacs (https://bugs.gnu.org/81676)
+		# emacsclient-test-alternate-editor-allows-arguments
+		# emacsclient-test-alternate-editor-allows-quotes
+		%lib-src/emacsclient-tests.el
 	)
 	use threads || exclude_tests+=(
 			%src/emacs-module-tests.el
diff --git a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-31.1_rc1-r1.ebuild b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-31.1_rc1-r1.ebuild
index 03e6593e4f2da..7c7dad47c94ea 100644
--- a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-31.1_rc1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-31.1_rc1-r1.ebuild
@@ -472,6 +472,11 @@ src_test() {
 
 		# Reason: fails with app-crypt/freepg
 		%lisp/epg-tests.el
+
+		# Reason: does not pass -Q to emacs (https://bugs.gnu.org/81676)
+		# emacsclient-test-alternate-editor-allows-arguments
+		# emacsclient-test-alternate-editor-allows-quotes
+		%lib-src/emacsclient-tests.el
 	)
 	use threads || exclude_tests+=(
 			%src/emacs-module-tests.el