diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index d27d2d36d6..a64d757125 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -1909,7 +1909,7 @@ with open(buildfile, 'w') as f:
                 if binary not in tests_not_using_seastar_test_framework:
                     local_libs += ' ' + "$seastar_testing_libs_{}".format(mode)
                 else:
-                    local_libs += ' ' + '-lgnutls'
+                    local_libs += ' ' + '-lgnutls' + ' ' + '-lboost_unit_test_framework'
                 # Our code's debugging information is huge, and multiplied
                 # by many tests yields ridiculous amounts of disk space.
                 # So we strip the tests by default; The user can very
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
index 8cd56e2610..de1a3cced2 100755
--- a/test.py
+++ b/test.py
@@ -1032,6 +1032,7 @@ async def run_test(test: Test, options: argparse.Namespace, gentle_kill=False, e
                          # TMPDIR env variable is used by any seastar/scylla
                          # test for directory to store test temporary data.
                          TMPDIR=os.path.join(options.tmpdir, test.mode),
+                         SCYLLA_TEST_ENV='yes',
                          **env,
                          ),
                 preexec_fn=os.setsid,
diff --git a/test/boost/sstable_datafile_test.cc b/test/boost/sstable_datafile_test.cc
index 7ab4c86c0a..44f120d973 100644
--- a/test/boost/sstable_datafile_test.cc
+++ b/test/boost/sstable_datafile_test.cc
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 #include "test/lib/reader_concurrency_semaphore.hh"
 #include "test/lib/sstable_utils.hh"
 #include "test/lib/random_utils.hh"
+#include "test/lib/test_utils.hh"
 #include "readers/from_mutations_v2.hh"
 #include "readers/from_fragments_v2.hh"
 #include "test/lib/random_schema.hh"
@@ -301,7 +302,7 @@ SEASTAR_TEST_CASE(datafile_generation_16) {
     return test_datafile_generation_16({});
 }
 
-SEASTAR_TEST_CASE(datafile_generation_16_s3) {
+SEASTAR_TEST_CASE(datafile_generation_16_s3, *boost::unit_test::precondition(tests::has_scylla_test_env)) {
     return test_datafile_generation_16(test_env_config{ .storage = make_test_object_storage_options() });
 }
 
diff --git a/test/boost/sstable_resharding_test.cc b/test/boost/sstable_resharding_test.cc
index dcaeae57a5..69298bec58 100644
--- a/test/boost/sstable_resharding_test.cc
+++ b/test/boost/sstable_resharding_test.cc
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "test/lib/key_utils.hh"
 #include "test/lib/sstable_utils.hh"
 #include "test/lib/test_services.hh"
+#include "test/lib/test_utils.hh"
 #include "service/storage_proxy.hh"
 #include "db/config.hh"
 
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ SEASTAR_TEST_CASE(sstable_resharding_test) {
     });
 }
 
-SEASTAR_TEST_CASE(sstable_resharding_over_s3_test) {
+SEASTAR_TEST_CASE(sstable_resharding_over_s3_test, *boost::unit_test::precondition(tests::has_scylla_test_env)) {
     return sstables::test_env::do_with_async([] (auto& env) {
         run_sstable_resharding_test(env);
     }, test_env_config{ .storage = make_test_object_storage_options() });
diff --git a/test/lib/test_utils.cc b/test/lib/test_utils.cc
index f386ee2fcc..247f15c54b 100644
--- a/test/lib/test_utils.cc
+++ b/test/lib/test_utils.cc
@@ -51,6 +51,17 @@ void fail(std::string_view msg, std::source_location sl) {
     throw_with_backtrace<std::runtime_error>(format_msg(__FUNCTION__, false, sl, msg));
 }
 
+
+extern boost::test_tools::assertion_result has_scylla_test_env(boost::unit_test::test_unit_id) {
+    if (::getenv("SCYLLA_TEST_ENV")) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    testlog.info("Test environment is not configured. "
+        "Check test/pylib/minio_server.py for an example of how to configure the environment for it to run.");
+    return false;
+}
+
 }
 
 sstring make_random_string(size_t size) {
diff --git a/test/lib/test_utils.hh b/test/lib/test_utils.hh
index e30e6ffb4a..ceb7264233 100644
--- a/test/lib/test_utils.hh
+++ b/test/lib/test_utils.hh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <source_location>
 #include "utils/source_location-compat.hh"
 #include <string>
-
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
 #include <fmt/format.h>
 
 // Thread safe alternatives to BOOST_REQUIRE_*, BOOST_CHECK_* and BOOST_FAIL().
@@ -55,4 +55,6 @@ inline std::string getenv_safe(std::string_view name) {
     return std::string(v);
 }
 
+extern boost::test_tools::assertion_result has_scylla_test_env(boost::unit_test::test_unit_id);
+
 }