diff --git a/tests/helpers.bash b/tests/helpers.bash
index 2bb6b4293ea..c56eee7e5ef 100644
--- a/tests/helpers.bash
+++ b/tests/helpers.bash
@@ -456,6 +456,15 @@ function skip_if_rootless_environment() {
     fi
 }
 
+#################################
+#  skip_if_root_environment     #
+#################################
+function skip_if_root_environment() {
+    if ! is_rootless; then
+        skip "${1:-test is being invoked from root environment}"
+    fi
+}
+
 ####################
 #  skip_if_chroot  #
 ####################
diff --git a/tests/run.bats b/tests/run.bats
index 3fd5d4ffa7e..e2f3b6d9b95 100644
--- a/tests/run.bats
+++ b/tests/run.bats
@@ -783,8 +783,9 @@ _EOF
 	skip_if_no_runtime
 	skip_if_cgroupsv1
 	skip_if_in_container
+	skip_if_root_environment
 	if test "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS" = ""; then
-		skip "${1:-test does not work when \$BUILDAH_ISOLATION = chroot}"
+		skip "$test does not work when DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS is not defined"
 	fi
 	_prefetch alpine