1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/check b/tests/qemu-iotests/check
index 39ed5bc1be..fff5fa956a 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/check
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/check
@@ -655,7 +655,15 @@ fi
 python_usable=false
 if $PYTHON -c 'import sys; sys.exit(0 if sys.version_info >= (3,6) else 1)'
 then
-    python_usable=true
+    # Our python framework also requires virtio-blk
+    if "$QEMU_PROG" -M none -device help | grep -q virtio-blk >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+        python_usable=true
+    else
+        python_unusable_because="Missing virtio-blk in QEMU binary"
+    fi
+else
+    python_unusable_because="Unsupported Python version"
 fi
 
 default_machine=$($QEMU_PROG -machine help | sed -n '/(default)/ s/ .*//p')
@@ -843,7 +851,7 @@ do
                 run_command="$PYTHON $seq"
             else
                 run_command="false"
-                echo "Unsupported Python version" > $seq.notrun
+                echo "$python_unusable_because" > $seq.notrun
             fi
         else
             run_command="./$seq"