diff --git a/liburing.changes b/liburing.changes
index 1337f6f..6e55787 100644
--- a/liburing.changes
+++ b/liburing.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Sep 25 14:34:41 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- skip checks on qemu_linux_user builds 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Aug 16 10:53:40 UTC 2022 - Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
 
diff --git a/liburing.spec b/liburing.spec
index fa7c24d..116498d 100644
--- a/liburing.spec
+++ b/liburing.spec
@@ -75,7 +75,11 @@ sh ./configure --prefix=%{_prefix} \
 %make_build -C src
 
 %check
+# io_uring syscalls not supported as of qemu 7.0.0 and would test the host
+# kernel anyway not the target kernel..
+%if !0%{?qemu_user_space_build}
 /usr/bin/make runtests
+%endif
 
 %install
 %make_install