diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/fs_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/fs_test.c
index 45de42a027c5..f2c3bffa6ea5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/fs_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/landlock/fs_test.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <linux/landlock.h>
 #include <sched.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/capability.h>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
@@ -87,6 +88,40 @@ static const char dir_s3d3[] = TMP_DIR "/s3d1/s3d2/s3d3";
  *         └── s3d3
  */
 
+static bool fgrep(FILE *const inf, const char *const str)
+{
+	char line[32];
+	const int slen = strlen(str);
+
+	while (!feof(inf)) {
+		if (!fgets(line, sizeof(line), inf))
+			break;
+		if (strncmp(line, str, slen))
+			continue;
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+static bool supports_overlayfs(void)
+{
+	bool res;
+	FILE *const inf = fopen("/proc/filesystems", "r");
+
+	/*
+	 * Consider that the filesystem is supported if we cannot get the
+	 * supported ones.
+	 */
+	if (!inf)
+		return true;
+
+	res = fgrep(inf, "nodev\toverlay\n");
+	fclose(inf);
+	return res;
+}
+
 static void mkdir_parents(struct __test_metadata *const _metadata,
 			  const char *const path)
 {
@@ -3539,6 +3574,9 @@ FIXTURE(layout2_overlay) {};
 
 FIXTURE_SETUP(layout2_overlay)
 {
+	if (!supports_overlayfs())
+		SKIP(return, "overlayfs is not supported");
+
 	prepare_layout(_metadata);
 
 	create_directory(_metadata, LOWER_BASE);
@@ -3575,6 +3613,9 @@ FIXTURE_SETUP(layout2_overlay)
 
 FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(layout2_overlay)
 {
+	if (!supports_overlayfs())
+		SKIP(return, "overlayfs is not supported");
+
 	EXPECT_EQ(0, remove_path(lower_do1_fl3));
 	EXPECT_EQ(0, remove_path(lower_dl1_fl2));
 	EXPECT_EQ(0, remove_path(lower_fl1));
@@ -3606,6 +3647,9 @@ FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(layout2_overlay)
 
 TEST_F_FORK(layout2_overlay, no_restriction)
 {
+	if (!supports_overlayfs())
+		SKIP(return, "overlayfs is not supported");
+
 	ASSERT_EQ(0, test_open(lower_fl1, O_RDONLY));
 	ASSERT_EQ(0, test_open(lower_dl1, O_RDONLY));
 	ASSERT_EQ(0, test_open(lower_dl1_fl2, O_RDONLY));
@@ -3769,6 +3813,9 @@ TEST_F_FORK(layout2_overlay, same_content_different_file)
 	size_t i;
 	const char *path_entry;
 
+	if (!supports_overlayfs())
+		SKIP(return, "overlayfs is not supported");
+
 	/* Sets rules on base directories (i.e. outside overlay scope). */
 	ruleset_fd = create_ruleset(_metadata, ACCESS_RW, layer1_base);
 	ASSERT_LE(0, ruleset_fd);