diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/150 b/tests/qemu-iotests/150
index fab0faa389..d71fb5978d 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/150
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/150
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ _supported_fmt raw qcow2
 _supported_proto file
 _supported_os Linux
 
+# work directory is never an overlay
+if [ "$(stat -fc '%T' /work/)" = "zfs" ]; then
+    _notrun 'fails on zfs'
+fi
+
 
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