diff --git a/test/iscsi_tgt/rbd/rbd.sh b/test/iscsi_tgt/rbd/rbd.sh
index b6d1eb57cf..d9823470c4 100755
--- a/test/iscsi_tgt/rbd/rbd.sh
+++ b/test/iscsi_tgt/rbd/rbd.sh
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ rootdir=$(readlink -f $testdir/../../..)
 source $rootdir/scripts/autotest_common.sh
 source $rootdir/test/iscsi_tgt/common.sh
 
-if [ -z $CEPH_DIR ]; then
+if [ -z $CEPH_DIR ] && ! hash ceph; then
 	echo "Ceph directory not defined; skipping RBD tests"
 	exit 0
 fi
 
-if [ ! -d $CEPH_DIR ]; then
+if [ ! -d $CEPH_DIR ] && ! hash ceph; then
 	echo "Ceph directory not detected on this system; skipping RBD tests"
 	exit 0
 fi