How can I change a build step status in Team City?

Question

Is it a way to override the build status in TeamCity based on the result of a test?

We have the following setup:

1. Deploy application
2. Run a test that validates that the application installed correctly.
3. Run test batch1
4. Run test batch2

Our problem is that we did not find a good way to skip running the tests from step 3 and step 4 if the test that validates the version failed. This is because, even if the test fails, the step status is still successful. Is there a way to override the step status?