diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-55.sh b/test/units/testsuite-55.sh
index e803ea89c4..5bc0eaec75 100755
--- a/test/units/testsuite-55.sh
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-55.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ set -o pipefail
 # shellcheck source=test/units/util.sh
  . "$(dirname "$0")"/util.sh
 
+. /etc/os-release
+# OpenSUSE does not have the stress tool packaged. It does have stress-ng but the stress-ng does not support
+# --vm-stride which this test uses.
+if [[ "$ID" =~ "opensuse" ]]; then
+    echo "Skipping due to missing stress package in OpenSUSE" >>/skipped
+    exit 77
+fi
+
 systemd-analyze log-level debug
 
 # Ensure that the init.scope.d drop-in is applied on boot