diff --git a/tests/performance/test_api/test_api_endpoints_performance.py b/tests/performance/test_api/test_api_endpoints_performance.py
index eef8a84c16..30efb52caf 100755
--- a/tests/performance/test_api/test_api_endpoints_performance.py
+++ b/tests/performance/test_api/test_api_endpoints_performance.py
@@ -50,9 +50,14 @@ def test_api_endpoints(test_case, set_api_test_environment, api_healthcheck):
     finally:
         # Add useful information to report as stdout
         try:
-            print(f'Request elapsed time: {response.elapsed.total_seconds():.3f}s\n')
-            print(f'Status code: {response.status_code}\n')
-            print(f'Full response: \n{dumps(response.json(), indent=2)}')
+            # If the test failed and it was expected as xfail, mark it
+            if test_case['endpoint'] in xfailed_items.keys() and \
+                    test_case['method'] == xfailed_items[test_case['endpoint']]['method']:
+                pytest.xfail(xfailed_items[test_case['endpoint']]['message'])
+            else:
+                print(f'Request elapsed time: {response.elapsed.total_seconds():.3f}s\n')
+                print(f'Status code: {response.status_code}\n')
+                print(f'Full response: \n{dumps(response.json(), indent=2)}')
         except KeyError:
             print('No response available')