diff --git a/tests/file/filetest.cpp b/tests/file/filetest.cpp
index c2483b9afe..88b3a895ac 100644
--- a/tests/file/filetest.cpp
+++ b/tests/file/filetest.cpp
@@ -150,8 +150,13 @@ TEST_CASE("wxFile::Special", "[file][linux][special-file]")
     const long pageSize = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
 
     wxFile fileSys("/sys/power/state");
+    if ( !fileSys.IsOpened() )
+    {
+        WARN("/sys/power/state can't be opened, skipping test");
+        return;
+    }
+
     CHECK( fileSys.Length() == pageSize );
-    CHECK( fileSys.IsOpened() );
     CHECK( fileSys.ReadAll(&s) );
     CHECK( !s.empty() );
     CHECK( s.length() < static_cast<unsigned long>(pageSize) );
diff --git a/tests/filename/filenametest.cpp b/tests/filename/filenametest.cpp
index bee7bb10b9..01bbc9a77c 100644
--- a/tests/filename/filenametest.cpp
+++ b/tests/filename/filenametest.cpp
@@ -1040,6 +1040,12 @@ TEST_CASE("wxFileName::GetSizeSpecial", "[filename][linux][special-file]")
     INFO( "size of /proc/kcore=" << size );
     CHECK( size > 0 );
 
+    if ( !wxFile::Exists("/sys/power/state") )
+    {
+        WARN("/sys/power/state doesn't exist, skipping test");
+        return;
+    }
+
     // All files in /sys are one page in size, irrespectively of the size of
     // their actual contents.
     CHECK( wxFileName::GetSize("/sys/power/state") == sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE) );
diff --git a/tests/textfile/textfiletest.cpp b/tests/textfile/textfiletest.cpp
index 8c29aab496..646d6818c9 100644
--- a/tests/textfile/textfiletest.cpp
+++ b/tests/textfile/textfiletest.cpp
@@ -336,12 +336,18 @@ TEST_CASE("wxTextFile::Special", "[textfile][linux][special-file]")
     SECTION("/proc")
     {
         wxTextFile f;
-        CHECK( f.Open("/proc/cpuinfo") );
+        REQUIRE( f.Open("/proc/cpuinfo") );
         CHECK( f.GetLineCount() > 1 );
     }
 
     SECTION("/sys")
     {
+        if ( wxFile::Exists("/sys/power/state") )
+        {
+            WARN("/sys/power/state doesn't exist, skipping test");
+            return;
+        }
+
         wxTextFile f;
         CHECK( f.Open("/sys/power/state") );
         REQUIRE( f.GetLineCount() == 1 );