eval "use Test::Pod 1.14";
plan skip_all => 'Test::Pod 1.14 required' if $@;
-plan skip_all => 'set TEST_POD to enable this test' unless $ENV{TEST_POD};
+plan skip_all => 'set TEST_POD to enable this test' unless $ENV{TEST_POD} || -f 'MANIFEST.SKIP';
all_pod_files_ok();