diff --git a/qemu.changes b/qemu.changes
index 27fe90cf..bb3f55c1 100644
--- a/qemu.changes
+++ b/qemu.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 30 12:48:20 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- skip tests that don't work under qemu-linux-user emulation
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep 28 16:35:10 UTC 2022 - Dario Faggioli <dfaggioli@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/qemu.spec b/qemu.spec
index b25737de..6129fc2a 100644
--- a/qemu.spec
+++ b/qemu.spec
@@ -2348,6 +2348,11 @@ cd %blddir
 # If that patch is removed, the following line needs to go as well.
 cp %{SOURCE202} %{srcdir}/tests/data/acpi/microvm/
 
+%if 0%{?qemu_user_space_build}
+# Seccomp is not supported by linux-user emulation
+echo 'int main (void) { return 0; }' > %{srcdir}/tests/unit/test-seccomp.c
+%endif
+
 # Compile the QOM test binary first, so that ...
 %make_build tests/qtest/qom-test
 # ... make comes in fresh and has lots of address space (needed for 32bit, bsc#957379)
@@ -2365,7 +2370,9 @@ cp %{SOURCE202} %{srcdir}/tests/data/acpi/microvm/
 make -O V=1 VERBOSE=1 -j1 check-block
 # Run qtests in parallel. If it becomes unreliable, we can try something
 # like this: make -O V=1 VERBOSE=1 -j1 check-qtest
+%if !0%{?qemu_user_space_build}
 %make_build check-qtest
+%endif
 # Last step will be to run a full check-report, but we will
 # enable this at a later point
 #make -O V=1 VERBOSE=1 -j1 check-report.junit.xml
diff --git a/qemu.spec.in b/qemu.spec.in
index 63338217..251d7d63 100644
--- a/qemu.spec.in
+++ b/qemu.spec.in
@@ -2294,6 +2294,11 @@ cd %blddir
 # If that patch is removed, the following line needs to go as well.
 cp %{SOURCE202} %{srcdir}/tests/data/acpi/microvm/
 
+%if 0%{?qemu_user_space_build}
+# Seccomp is not supported by linux-user emulation
+echo 'int main (void) { return 0; }' > %{srcdir}/tests/unit/test-seccomp.c
+%endif
+
 # Compile the QOM test binary first, so that ...
 %make_build tests/qtest/qom-test
 # ... make comes in fresh and has lots of address space (needed for 32bit, bsc#957379)
@@ -2311,7 +2316,9 @@ cp %{SOURCE202} %{srcdir}/tests/data/acpi/microvm/
 make -O V=1 VERBOSE=1 -j1 check-block
 # Run qtests in parallel. If it becomes unreliable, we can try something
 # like this: make -O V=1 VERBOSE=1 -j1 check-qtest
+%if !0%{?qemu_user_space_build}
 %make_build check-qtest
+%endif
 # Last step will be to run a full check-report, but we will
 # enable this at a later point
 #make -O V=1 VERBOSE=1 -j1 check-report.junit.xml