diff --git a/src/test/test-cgroup.c b/src/test/test-cgroup.c
index 8bd4af94e4..040e9e9c12 100644
--- a/src/test/test-cgroup.c
+++ b/src/test/test-cgroup.c
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ TEST(id) {
 
         if (ERRNO_IS_NEG_PRIVILEGE(fd2))
                 log_notice("Skipping open-by-cgroup-id test because lacking privs.");
+        else if (ERRNO_IS_NEG_NOT_SUPPORTED(fd2))
+                log_notice("Skipping open-by-cgroup-id test because syscall is missing or blocked.");
         else {
                 assert_se(fd2 >= 0);