diff --git a/docs/config_reference.rst b/docs/config_reference.rst
index 90bb95277..af808c1d7 100644
--- a/docs/config_reference.rst
+++ b/docs/config_reference.rst
@@ -347,6 +347,14 @@ System Partition Configuration
    .. versionadded:: 4.10
       The ``pbspro`` scheduler is added.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 4.11
+      Tests whose Slurm job has expired are now skipped instead of failed.
+
+   .. note::
+      If a job submitted through the ``slurm`` backend ends up in the ``DEADLINE`` state, i.e., it did not start before the deadline set with ``--deadline``, the associated test will be skipped and not failed.
+      This applies to the ``slurm`` backend only;
+      the ``squeue`` backend does not treat expired jobs specially, because once the job is out of the queue, its state cannot be retrieved.
+
    .. note::
       The Slurm-based backends unset all ``SBATCH_*`` environment variables before submitting a job.
       This is done to avoid environment variables bypassing ReFrame's configuration.
diff --git a/reframe/core/schedulers/slurm.py b/reframe/core/schedulers/slurm.py
index 5892a936f..c25cb4089 100644
--- a/reframe/core/schedulers/slurm.py
+++ b/reframe/core/schedulers/slurm.py
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 from reframe.core.backends import register_scheduler
 from reframe.core.exceptions import (SpawnedProcessError,
                                      JobBlockedError,
-                                     JobSchedulerError)
+                                     JobSchedulerError,
+                                     SkipTestError)
 from reframe.utility import nodelist_abbrev, seconds_to_hms
 
 
@@ -545,6 +546,12 @@ def poll(self, *jobs):
             job._state = ','.join(m.group('state') for m in jobarr_info)
 
             if slurm_state_completed(job.state):
+                # If the job has hit its DEADLINE, skip the test
+                if job.state == 'DEADLINE':
+                    job._exception = SkipTestError(
+                        f'the associated job {job.jobid} has expired'
+                    )
+
                 # Since Slurm exitcodes are positive take the maximum one
                 job._exitcode = max(
                     int(m.group('exitcode')) for m in jobarr_info