diff --git a/src/test/test-execute.c b/src/test/test-execute.c
index b5bb535adc..e6715f9574 100644
--- a/src/test/test-execute.c
+++ b/src/test/test-execute.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include "virt.h"
 
-static bool can_unshare = true;
+static bool can_unshare;
 
 typedef void (*test_function_t)(Manager *m);
 
@@ -760,6 +760,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         (void) unsetenv("LOGNAME");
         (void) unsetenv("SHELL");
 
+        can_unshare = have_namespaces();
+
         /* It is needed otherwise cgroup creation fails */
         if (getuid() != 0)
                 return log_tests_skipped("not root");
diff --git a/src/test/test-namespace.c b/src/test/test-namespace.c
index ab8f05076d..cc2efecfd2 100644
--- a/src/test/test-namespace.c
+++ b/src/test/test-namespace.c
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
         test_setup_logging(LOG_INFO);
 
+        if (!have_namespaces()) {
+                log_tests_skipped("Don't have namespace support");
+                return EXIT_TEST_SKIP;
+        }
+
         assert_se(sd_id128_get_boot(&bid) >= 0);
         sd_id128_to_string(bid, boot_id);
 
diff --git a/src/test/test-process-util.c b/src/test/test-process-util.c
index 921c304dec..ae0f1a564d 100644
--- a/src/test/test-process-util.c
+++ b/src/test/test-process-util.c
@@ -186,6 +186,11 @@ static void test_get_process_cmdline_harder(void) {
                 return;
         }
 
+        if (!have_namespaces()) {
+                log_notice("Testing without namespaces, skipping %s", __func__);
+                return;
+        }
+
 #if HAVE_VALGRIND_VALGRIND_H
         /* valgrind patches open(/proc//cmdline)
          * so, test_get_process_cmdline_harder fails always
diff --git a/src/test/test-seccomp.c b/src/test/test-seccomp.c
index 00cd216a4b..fbfeedd536 100644
--- a/src/test/test-seccomp.c
+++ b/src/test/test-seccomp.c
@@ -178,6 +178,11 @@ static void test_restrict_namespace(void) {
         unsigned long ul;
         pid_t pid;
 
+        if (!have_namespaces()) {
+                log_notice("Testing without namespaces, skipping %s", __func__);
+                return;
+        }
+
         log_info("/* %s */", __func__);
 
         assert_se(namespace_flags_to_string(0, &s) == 0 && streq(s, ""));