diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/18_support/96817.cc b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/18_support/96817.cc
index f03329678313..4591a7288a57 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/18_support/96817.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/18_support/96817.cc
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 #include <exception>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
+#ifndef _GLIBCXX_HAVE_LINUX_FUTEX
+# error "This test requries futex support in the library"
+#endif
+
 int init()
 {
 #if __has_include(<sys/single_threaded.h>)