diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cc8ee9c96..9a51d2642 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Use pipenv for python dependency management. #1091
 - Moved unit tests to a dedicated `tests/` directory to improve pytest
   collection time. #1102
+- Added `--run-performance-tests` flag to BB tests. If this flag is not specified,
+ performance tests are skipped.
 
 ### Fixed
 - Attempted to delete a directory when monkey config reset was called. #1054
diff --git a/envs/monkey_zoo/blackbox/conftest.py b/envs/monkey_zoo/blackbox/conftest.py
index 9004ae921..cc608fae8 100644
--- a/envs/monkey_zoo/blackbox/conftest.py
+++ b/envs/monkey_zoo/blackbox/conftest.py
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
         "instead will just test performance of already present island state.",
     )
     parser.addoption(
-        "--no-performance-tests",
+        "--run-performance-tests",
         action="store_true",
         default=False,
-        help="If enabled all performance tests will be skipped.",
+        help="If enabled performance tests will be run.",
     )
 
 
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ def quick_performance_tests(request):
 
 
 def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
-    if "no_performance_tests" in item.keywords and item.config.getoption("--no-performance-tests"):
+    if "run_performance_tests" in item.keywords and not item.config.getoption(
+        "--run-performance-tests"
+    ):
         pytest.skip(
-            "Skipping performance test because " "--no-performance-tests flag is specified."
+            "Skipping performance test because " "--run-performance-tests flag isn't specified."
         )
diff --git a/envs/monkey_zoo/blackbox/test_blackbox.py b/envs/monkey_zoo/blackbox/test_blackbox.py
index 0d90fc6c6..4de60ef55 100644
--- a/envs/monkey_zoo/blackbox/test_blackbox.py
+++ b/envs/monkey_zoo/blackbox/test_blackbox.py
@@ -254,15 +254,15 @@ class TestMonkeyBlackbox:
             LOGGER.error("This test doesn't support 'quick_performance_tests' option.")
             assert False
 
-    @pytest.mark.no_performance_tests
+    @pytest.mark.run_performance_tests
     def test_report_generation_from_fake_telemetries(self, island_client, quick_performance_tests):
         ReportGenerationFromTelemetryTest(island_client, quick_performance_tests).run()
 
-    @pytest.mark.no_performance_tests
+    @pytest.mark.run_performance_tests
     def test_map_generation_from_fake_telemetries(self, island_client, quick_performance_tests):
         MapGenerationFromTelemetryTest(island_client, quick_performance_tests).run()
 
-    @pytest.mark.no_performance_tests
+    @pytest.mark.run_performance_tests
     def test_telem_performance(self, island_client, quick_performance_tests):
         TelemetryPerformanceTest(
             island_client, quick_performance_tests