diff --git a/tests/scripts/test044-dynlist b/tests/scripts/test044-dynlist
index 79ef7311f0..145432aeca 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/test044-dynlist
+++ b/tests/scripts/test044-dynlist
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
 echo "running defines.sh"
 . $SRCDIR/scripts/defines.sh
 
+if test $DYNLIST = "dynlistno" ; then 
+	echo "dynlist overlay not available, test skipped"
+	exit 0
+fi 
+
 mkdir -p $TESTDIR $DBDIR1
 
 echo "Running slapadd to build slapd database..."