diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-19.sh b/test/units/testsuite-19.sh
index 9c2a033aa9..60c53cd80d 100755
--- a/test/units/testsuite-19.sh
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-19.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 set -eux
 set -o pipefail
 
+. /etc/os-release
+# FIXME: This test fails on opensuse with the following error and others:
+# Apr 25 10:24:04 H (cat)[910]: device-mapper: create ioctl on ... failed: Device or resource busy
+if [[ "$ID" =~ "opensuse" ]]; then
+    echo "Skipping due to known unexpected behaviour in OpenSUSE kernels" >>/skipped
+    exit 77
+fi
+
 # shellcheck source=test/units/test-control.sh
 . "$(dirname "$0")"/test-control.sh