diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/148 b/tests/qemu-iotests/148
index d066ec3e41..e01b061fe7 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/148
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/148
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ sector = "%d"
                 self.assert_qmp(event, 'data/sector-num', sector)
 
     def testQuorum(self):
-        if not 'quorum' in iotests.qemu_img_pipe('--help'):
-            return
-
         # Generate an error and get an event
         self.vm.hmp_qemu_io("drive0", "aio_read %d %d" %
                             (offset * sector_size, sector_size))
@@ -139,4 +136,5 @@ class TestFifoQuorumEvents(TestQuorumEvents):
     read_pattern = 'fifo'
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+    iotests.verify_quorum()
     iotests.main(supported_fmts=["raw"])
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
index fb5c4824f3..bf31ec8231 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py
@@ -437,6 +437,11 @@ def verify_platform(supported_oses=['linux']):
     if True not in [sys.platform.startswith(x) for x in supported_oses]:
         notrun('not suitable for this OS: %s' % sys.platform)
 
+def verify_quorum():
+    '''Skip test suite if quorum support is not available'''
+    if 'quorum' not in qemu_img_pipe('--help'):
+        notrun('quorum support missing')
+
 def main(supported_fmts=[], supported_oses=['linux']):
     '''Run tests'''