diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ea688399c..ec03c2643 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -104,15 +104,16 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(TALLOC, [talloc >= 2.0.1])
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([pcsc], [AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-pcsc], [Build without PC/SC support])],
     [
-        enable_pcsc=$enableval
+        ENABLE_PCSC=$enableval
     ],
     [
-        enable_pcsc="yes"
+        ENABLE_PCSC="yes"
     ])
-AS_IF([test "x$enable_pcsc" = "xyes"], [
+AS_IF([test "x$ENABLE_PCSC" = "xyes"], [
 	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PCSC, libpcsclite)
 ])
-AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_PCSC, test "x$enable_pcsc" = "xyes")
+AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_PCSC, test "x$ENABLE_PCSC" = "xyes")
+AC_SUBST(ENABLE_PCSC)
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(plugin,
 	[AS_HELP_STRING(
@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@ AC_OUTPUT(
 	src/gb/Makefile
 	src/ctrl/Makefile
 	tests/Makefile
+	tests/atlocal
 	utils/Makefile
 	Doxyfile.core
 	Doxyfile.gsm
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index ae5735aab..f5d095da6 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -13,12 +13,16 @@ check_PROGRAMS = timer/timer_test sms/sms_test ussd/ussd_test		\
 		 vty/vty_test comp128/comp128_test utils/utils_test	\
 		 smscb/gsm0341_test stats/stats_test			\
 		 bitvec/bitvec_test msgb/msgb_test bits/bitcomp_test	\
-		 sim/sim_test tlv/tlv_test gsup/gsup_test fsm/fsm_test
+		 tlv/tlv_test gsup/gsup_test fsm/fsm_test
 
 if ENABLE_MSGFILE
 check_PROGRAMS += msgfile/msgfile_test
 endif
 
+if ENABLE_PCSC
+check_PROGRAMS += sim/sim_test
+endif
+
 utils_utils_test_SOURCES = utils/utils_test.c
 utils_utils_test_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/libosmocore.la $(top_builddir)/src/gsm/libosmogsm.la
 
@@ -166,7 +170,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = testsuite.at $(srcdir)/package.m4 $(TESTSUITE)		\
 	     sim/sim_test.ok tlv/tlv_test.ok gsup/gsup_test.ok		\
 	     fsm/fsm_test.ok fsm/fsm_test.err
 
-DISTCLEANFILES = atconfig
+DISTCLEANFILES = atconfig atlocal
 
 TESTSUITE = $(srcdir)/testsuite
 
diff --git a/tests/atlocal.in b/tests/atlocal.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd2753235
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/atlocal.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+enable_sim_test='@ENABLE_PCSC@'
diff --git a/tests/testsuite.at b/tests/testsuite.at
index 2f274f935..77038bc37 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite.at
+++ b/tests/testsuite.at
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ AT_CLEANUP
 
 AT_SETUP([sim])
 AT_KEYWORDS([sim])
+AT_CHECK([test "x$enable_sim_test" = xyes || exit 77])
 cat $abs_srcdir/sim/sim_test.ok > expout
 AT_CHECK([$abs_top_builddir/tests/sim/sim_test], [0], [expout], [ignore])
 AT_CLEANUP