diff --git a/test/zdtm/static/shm-hugetlb.checkskip b/test/zdtm/static/shm-hugetlb.checkskip
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..df2370815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/zdtm/static/shm-hugetlb.checkskip
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# will fail with EOPNOTSUPP
+cat /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages &> /dev/null