diff --git a/pactest/pmtest.py b/pactest/pmtest.py
index 39f4deab..7bb32812 100755
--- a/pactest/pmtest.py
+++ b/pactest/pmtest.py
@@ -197,9 +197,7 @@ class pmtest:
                 cmd.append("fakeroot")
 
             fakechroot = which("fakechroot")
-            if not fakechroot:
-                print "WARNING: fakechroot not found, scriptlet tests WILL fail!!!"
-            else:
+            if fakechroot:
                 cmd.append("fakechroot")
 
         if pacman["gdb"]:
diff --git a/pactest/tests/scriptlet001.py b/pactest/tests/scriptlet001.py
index 54a46aae..ff7fcd20 100644
--- a/pactest/tests/scriptlet001.py
+++ b/pactest/tests/scriptlet001.py
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ self.args = "--debug -U %s" % p1.filename()
 self.addrule("PACMAN_RETCODE=0")
 self.addrule("PACMAN_OUTPUT=" + pre)
 self.addrule("PACMAN_OUTPUT=" + post)
+
+fakechroot = which("fakechroot")
+if not fakechroot:
+	self.expectfailure = True
diff --git a/pactest/tests/scriptlet002.py b/pactest/tests/scriptlet002.py
index dd792b82..cc316a10 100644
--- a/pactest/tests/scriptlet002.py
+++ b/pactest/tests/scriptlet002.py
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ self.args = "--debug -R %s" % p1.name
 self.addrule("PACMAN_RETCODE=0")
 self.addrule("PACMAN_OUTPUT=" + pre)
 self.addrule("PACMAN_OUTPUT=" + post)
+
+fakechroot = which("fakechroot")
+if not fakechroot:
+	self.expectfailure = True