diff --git a/tests/scripts/test033-glue-syncrepl b/tests/scripts/test033-glue-syncrepl
index 57d50b8477..9dfefb7c4b 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/test033-glue-syncrepl
+++ b/tests/scripts/test033-glue-syncrepl
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 ## top-level directory of the distribution or, alternatively, at
 ## <http://www.OpenLDAP.org/license.html>.
 
+if test "$BACKEND" != "bdb" && test "$BACKEND" != "hdb" ; then
+	echo "Test does not support $BACKEND"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 echo "running defines.sh"
 . $SRCDIR/scripts/defines.sh