diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 00bac27..c0ea877 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ add_project_link_arguments('-pthread', language: 'c')
 go = find_program('go')
 go_md2man = find_program('go-md2man')
 shellcheck = find_program('shellcheck', required: false)
-
-profiledir = get_option('profile_dir')
+skopeo = find_program('skopeo', required: false)
 
 systemd_dep = dependency('systemd')
+bash_completion = dependency('bash-completion', required: false)
+
+profiledir = get_option('profile_dir')
 tmpfilesdir = systemd_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('tmpfilesdir')
 
 toolbox = files('toolbox')
@@ -25,7 +27,6 @@ if shellcheck.found()
   test('shellcheck', shellcheck, args: [toolbox])
 endif
 
-bash_completion = dependency('bash-completion', required: false)
 if bash_completion.found()
   install_data(
     'completion/bash/toolbox',
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ if bash_completion.found()
   )
 endif
 
+if not skopeo.found()
+    message('Running system tests requires Skopeo for OCI image manipulation.')
+endif
+
 install_subdir(
   'test',
   install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), meson.project_name())