diff --git a/bin/hostname/tests/hostname_test.sh b/bin/hostname/tests/hostname_test.sh
index 57517821f7f1..2ad6a1a5c358 100644
--- a/bin/hostname/tests/hostname_test.sh
+++ b/bin/hostname/tests/hostname_test.sh
@@ -1,87 +1,90 @@
 #-
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2024 Lin Lee <leelin2602@gmail.com>
 #
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 # DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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 # LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
 # OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 # SUCH DAMAGE.
 #
 
 #
 # These tests need to run in a multibyte locale with non-localized
 # error messages.
 #
 export LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8
 export LC_MESSAGES=C
 
 test_jail_name="test-hostname-jail"
 
 test_jail_conf='%%test_jail_name%% {
     host.hostname = "test-hostname.example.org";
     path = "/";
     persist;
 }'
 
 init()
 {
+    if ! which -s jail; then
+        atf_skip "This test requires jail"
+    fi
     echo "${test_jail_conf}" | \
 	    sed -e "s/%%test_jail_name%%/${test_jail_name}/" > "./jail.conf"
     jail -f "./jail.conf" -c ${test_jail_name}
 }
 
 recycle()
 {
     jail -f "./jail.conf" -r ${test_jail_name}
     rm "./jail.conf"
 }
 
 atf_test_case basic cleanup
 basic_head()
 {
     atf_set require.user root
     atf_set "descr" "basic test for getting hostname"
 }
 basic_body()
 {
     init
 
     result=$(jexec ${test_jail_name} "hostname")
     atf_check_equal "test-hostname.example.org" "${result}"
 
     result=$(jexec ${test_jail_name} "hostname" -s)
     atf_check_equal "test-hostname" "${result}"
 
     result=$(jexec ${test_jail_name} "hostname" -d)
     atf_check_equal "example.org" "${result}"
 
     jexec ${test_jail_name} "hostname" "test-bsd2"
     result=$(jexec ${test_jail_name} "hostname")
     atf_check_equal "test-bsd2" "${result}"
 }
 basic_cleanup()
 {
     recycle
 }
 
 atf_init_test_cases()
 {
     atf_add_test_case basic
 }