diff --git a/test/test-functions b/test/test-functions
index 80fdcd26b9..ce7e03d745 100644
--- a/test/test-functions
+++ b/test/test-functions
@@ -1378,10 +1378,14 @@ install_rpm() {
 install_suse_systemd() {
     local pkgs
 
+    dinfo "Install basic filesystem structure"
+    install_rpm filesystem
+
     dinfo "Install SUSE systemd"
 
     pkgs=(
         systemd
+        systemd-boot
         systemd-container
         systemd-coredump
         systemd-experimental
diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-74.bootctl.sh b/test/units/testsuite-74.bootctl.sh
index 61373b506e..4be7bfd0b8 100755
--- a/test/units/testsuite-74.bootctl.sh
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-74.bootctl.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ if ! command -v bootctl >/dev/null; then
     exit 0
 fi
 
+if [[ ! -d /usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi ]]; then
+    echo "sd-boot is not installed, skipping."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 # shellcheck source=test/units/util.sh
 . "$(dirname "$0")"/util.sh