diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index 6bc3d1096b..0cb58aad26 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ check-unit-y += tests/check-qlit$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-y += tests/test-qobject-output-visitor$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-y += tests/test-clone-visitor$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-y += tests/test-qobject-input-visitor$(EXESUF)
-check-unit-y += tests/test-qmp-cmds$(EXESUF)
+check-unit-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += tests/test-qmp-cmds$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-y += tests/test-string-input-visitor$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-y += tests/test-string-output-visitor$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-y += tests/test-qmp-event$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-y += tests/test-opts-visitor$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-$(CONFIG_BLOCK) += tests/test-coroutine$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-y += tests/test-visitor-serialization$(EXESUF)
-check-unit-y += tests/test-iov$(EXESUF)
+check-unit-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += tests/test-iov$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-y += tests/test-bitmap$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-$(CONFIG_BLOCK) += tests/test-aio$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-$(CONFIG_BLOCK) += tests/test-aio-multithread$(EXESUF)
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ check-unit-y += tests/test-qht$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-y += tests/test-qht-par$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-y += tests/test-bitops$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-y += tests/test-bitcnt$(EXESUF)
-check-unit-y += tests/test-qdev-global-props$(EXESUF)
+check-unit-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += tests/test-qdev-global-props$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-y += tests/check-qom-interface$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-y += tests/check-qom-proplist$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-y += tests/test-qemu-opts$(EXESUF)
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ check-unit-$(call land,$(CONFIG_BLOCK),$(CONFIG_GNUTLS)) += tests/test-crypto-tl
 ifneq (,$(findstring qemu-ga,$(TOOLS)))
 check-unit-$(call land,$(CONFIG_LINUX),$(CONFIG_VIRTIO_SERIAL)) += tests/test-qga$(EXESUF)
 endif
-check-unit-y += tests/test-timed-average$(EXESUF)
-check-unit-$(CONFIG_INOTIFY1) += tests/test-util-filemonitor$(EXESUF)
-check-unit-y += tests/test-util-sockets$(EXESUF)
+check-unit-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += tests/test-timed-average$(EXESUF)
+check-unit-$(call land,$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU),$(CONFIG_INOTIFY1)) += tests/test-util-filemonitor$(EXESUF)
+check-unit-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += tests/test-util-sockets$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-$(CONFIG_BLOCK) += tests/test-authz-simple$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-$(CONFIG_BLOCK) += tests/test-authz-list$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-$(CONFIG_BLOCK) += tests/test-authz-listfile$(EXESUF)
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ check-unit-$(CONFIG_BLOCK) += tests/test-io-channel-file$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-$(call land,$(CONFIG_BLOCK),$(CONFIG_GNUTLS)) += tests/test-io-channel-tls$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-$(CONFIG_BLOCK) += tests/test-io-channel-command$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-$(CONFIG_BLOCK) += tests/test-io-channel-buffer$(EXESUF)
-check-unit-y += tests/test-base64$(EXESUF)
+check-unit-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += tests/test-base64$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-$(call land,$(CONFIG_BLOCK),$(if $(CONFIG_NETTLE),y,$(CONFIG_GCRYPT))) += tests/test-crypto-pbkdf$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-$(CONFIG_BLOCK) += tests/test-crypto-ivgen$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-$(CONFIG_BLOCK)  += tests/test-crypto-afsplit$(EXESUF)
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ check-unit-$(call land,$(CONFIG_BLOCK),$(CONFIG_QEMU_PRIVATE_XTS)) += tests/test
 check-unit-$(CONFIG_BLOCK)  += tests/test-crypto-block$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-y += tests/test-logging$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-$(call land,$(CONFIG_BLOCK),$(CONFIG_REPLICATION)) += tests/test-replication$(EXESUF)
-check-unit-y += tests/test-bufferiszero$(EXESUF)
+check-unit-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += tests/test-bufferiszero$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-y += tests/test-uuid$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-y += tests/ptimer-test$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-y += tests/test-qapi-util$(EXESUF)