diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/lib/cgroup_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/lib/cgroup_util.c
index 0e89fcff4d05..44c52f620fda 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/lib/cgroup_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/lib/cgroup_util.c
@@ -522,6 +522,18 @@ int proc_mount_contains(const char *option)
 	return strstr(buf, option) != NULL;
 }
 
+int cgroup_feature(const char *feature)
+{
+	char buf[PAGE_SIZE];
+	ssize_t read;
+
+	read = read_text("/sys/kernel/cgroup/features", buf, sizeof(buf));
+	if (read < 0)
+		return read;
+
+	return strstr(buf, feature) != NULL;
+}
+
 ssize_t proc_read_text(int pid, bool thread, const char *item, char *buf, size_t size)
 {
 	char path[PATH_MAX];
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/lib/include/cgroup_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/lib/include/cgroup_util.h
index c69cab66254b..9dc90a1b386d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/lib/include/cgroup_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/lib/include/cgroup_util.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ extern int cg_run_nowait(const char *cgroup,
 extern int cg_wait_for_proc_count(const char *cgroup, int count);
 extern int cg_killall(const char *cgroup);
 int proc_mount_contains(const char *option);
+int cgroup_feature(const char *feature);
 extern ssize_t proc_read_text(int pid, bool thread, const char *item, char *buf, size_t size);
 extern int proc_read_strstr(int pid, bool thread, const char *item, const char *needle);
 extern pid_t clone_into_cgroup(int cgroup_fd);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_pids.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_pids.c
index 9ecb83c6cc5c..d8a1d1cd5007 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_pids.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_pids.c
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ static int test_pids_events(const char *root)
 	char *cg_parent = NULL, *cg_child = NULL;
 	int pid;
 
+	if (cgroup_feature("pids_localevents") <= 0)
+		return KSFT_SKIP;
+
 	cg_parent = cg_name(root, "pids_parent");
 	cg_child = cg_name(cg_parent, "pids_child");
 	if (!cg_parent || !cg_child)