1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/journal/test-journal-stream.c b/src/journal/test-journal-stream.c
index 4aba7febc7..8e1d08d596 100644
--- a/src/journal/test-journal-stream.c
+++ b/src/journal/test-journal-stream.c
@@ -75,11 +75,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         JournalFile *one, *two, *three;
         char t[] = "/tmp/journal-stream-XXXXXX";
         unsigned i;
-        _cleanup_journal_close_ sd_journal*j = NULL;
+        _cleanup_journal_close_ sd_journal *j = NULL;
         char *z;
         const void *data;
         size_t l;
 
+        /* journal_file_open requires a valid machine id */
+        if (access("/etc/machine-id", F_OK) != 0)
+                return EXIT_TEST_SKIP;
+
         log_set_max_level(LOG_DEBUG);
 
         assert_se(mkdtemp(t));