diff --git a/libaio.changes b/libaio.changes
index 5ce764d..ba244c6 100644
--- a/libaio.changes
+++ b/libaio.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 23 18:51:25 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- skip testsuite on qemu_linux_user builds 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jul 12 15:18:49 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/libaio.spec b/libaio.spec
index 216ff06..e94f2dc 100644
--- a/libaio.spec
+++ b/libaio.spec
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ with, for the Linux-native asynchronous I/O facility ("async I/O", or
 rm %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.a
 
 %check
+# qemu-linux-user does not emulate io_setup syscall, so none of the testsuite makes sense
+%if ! 0%{?qemu_user_space_build}
 %make_build OPTFLAGS="%{optflags}" partcheck
+%endif
 
 %post -n %{lname} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -n %{lname} -p /sbin/ldconfig