diff --git a/tests/sys/netipsec/tunnel/utils.subr b/tests/sys/netipsec/tunnel/utils.subr
index 3d6da3f35ccc..9063a2d394e4 100644
--- a/tests/sys/netipsec/tunnel/utils.subr
+++ b/tests/sys/netipsec/tunnel/utils.subr
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 
 ist_init()
 {
+	if ! sysctl -q kern.features.ipsec >/dev/null ; then
+		atf_skip "This test requires ipsec"
+	fi
+
 	vnet_init
 }