@@ -213,17 +213,21 @@ class TestImage(OESelftestTestCase):
         """
         import subprocess, os
 
+        distro = oe.lsb.distro_identifier()
+        if distro and distro in ['debian-9', 'debian-10', 'centos-7', 'centos-8', 'ubuntu-16.04', 'ubuntu-18.04']:
+            self.skipTest('virgl headless cannot be tested with %s' %(distro))
+
         render_hint = """If /dev/dri/renderD* is absent due to lack of suitable GPU, 'modprobe vgem' will create one sutable for mesa llvmpipe sofware renderer."""
         try:
             content = os.listdir("/dev/dri")
             if len([i for i in content if i.startswith('render')]) == 0:
-                self.skipTest("No render nodes found in /dev/dri: %s. %s" %(content, render_hint))
+                self.fail("No render nodes found in /dev/dri: %s. %s" %(content, render_hint))
         except FileNotFoundError:
-            self.skipTest("/dev/dri directory does not exist; no render nodes available on this machine. %s" %(render_hint))
+            self.fail("/dev/dri directory does not exist; no render nodes available on this machine. %s" %(render_hint))
         try:
             dripath = subprocess.check_output("pkg-config --variable=dridriverdir dri", shell=True)
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            self.skipTest("Could not determine the path to dri drivers on the host via pkg-config.\nPlease install Mesa development files (particularly, dri.pc) on the host machine.")
+            self.fail("Could not determine the path to dri drivers on the host via pkg-config.\nPlease install Mesa development files (particularly, dri.pc) on the host machine.")
         qemu_distrofeatures = get_bb_var('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'qemu-system-native')
         features = 'INHERIT += "testimage"\n'
         if 'opengl' not in qemu_distrofeatures: