diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/levels.go b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/levels.go
index ea5bc596..eeab6dd0 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/levels.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/levels.go
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ type PackageResult struct {
 	Tests   int     `json:"tests"`
 	// NoTests is a package with no test files (at this level: a file with the other level's build tag is none).
 	NoTests bool `json:"no_tests,omitempty"`
+	// Skipped is how many of the package's tests skipped: a pass that skipped proved less than it says, so the checker keeps no verdict for it.
+	Skipped int `json:"skipped,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // TestTime is one test and the time it took.
@@ -227,6 +229,7 @@ func (r *reader) event(ev event) {
 			r.res.Tests++
 			if ev.Action == "skip" {
 				r.res.Skipped++
+				p.Skipped++
 			}
 			r.times = append(r.times, TestTime{Package: ev.Package, Test: ev.Test, Elapsed: ev.Elapsed})
 			if ev.Action == "fail" {
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/package_cause_test.go b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/package_cause_test.go
index cf002bbe..1770e335 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/package_cause_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/package_cause_test.go
@@ -101,3 +101,25 @@ func TestALoggedPanicIsNotTheCause(t *testing.T) { // 1901/AC4
 		t.Errorf("1901/AC4: failures = %+v, want the timeout's panic as the cause", res.Failed)
 	}
 }
+
+// A package counts its own skipped tests, so the checker withholds a kept verdict from that package alone (issue 890).
+func TestEachPackageCountsItsOwnSkippedTests(t *testing.T) {
+	log := `{"Action":"run","Package":"m/a","Test":"TestA"}
+{"Action":"skip","Package":"m/a","Test":"TestA","Elapsed":0}
+{"Action":"run","Package":"m/b","Test":"TestB"}
+{"Action":"pass","Package":"m/b","Test":"TestB","Elapsed":0}
+{"Action":"pass","Package":"m/a","Elapsed":0}
+{"Action":"pass","Package":"m/b","Elapsed":0}
+`
+	res := &TestResult{}
+	rd := newReader(res, ".")
+	rd.read(log)
+	rd.finish()
+	got := map[string]int{}
+	for _, p := range res.Packages {
+		got[p.Package] = p.Skipped
+	}
+	if res.Skipped != 1 || got["m/a"] != 1 || got["m/b"] != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("skipped = %d, per package %v, want 1 with m/a 1 and m/b 0", res.Skipped, got)
+	}
+}