diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-43.sh b/test/units/testsuite-43.sh
index 07e6fc9b623..4f31a33c343 100755
--- a/test/units/testsuite-43.sh
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-43.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ set -o pipefail
 # shellcheck source=test/units/util.sh
 . "$(dirname "$0")"/util.sh
 
+if [[ "$(sysctl -ne kernel.apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns)" -eq 1 ]]; then
+    echo "Cannot create unprivileged user namespaces" >/skipped
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 systemd-analyze log-level debug
 
 runas testuser systemd-run --wait --user --unit=test-private-users \