diff --git a/tests/gold_tests/pluginTest/rate_limit/rate_limit.test.py b/tests/gold_tests/pluginTest/rate_limit/rate_limit.test.py
index 573de3e7730..ed6abcc6a34 100644
--- a/tests/gold_tests/pluginTest/rate_limit/rate_limit.test.py
+++ b/tests/gold_tests/pluginTest/rate_limit/rate_limit.test.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 Test rate_limit plugin: concurrent limit enforcement, queue drain, and independent limiters.
 '''
 
+Test.SkipUnless(Condition.PluginExists('rate_limit.so'))
 Test.ContinueOnFail = True
 
 server = Test.MakeOriginServer("server", delay=3)
diff --git a/tests/gold_tests/pluginTest/rate_limit/rate_limit_iprep.test.py b/tests/gold_tests/pluginTest/rate_limit/rate_limit_iprep.test.py
index 1cb14c4e432..934d5831490 100644
--- a/tests/gold_tests/pluginTest/rate_limit/rate_limit_iprep.test.py
+++ b/tests/gold_tests/pluginTest/rate_limit/rate_limit_iprep.test.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 Test rate_limit ip-rep initialization: reserve() vs resize() regression (Finding #108).
 '''
 
+Test.SkipUnless(Condition.PluginExists('rate_limit.so'))
 Test.ContinueOnFail = True
 
 server = Test.MakeOriginServer("server")
diff --git a/tests/gold_tests/pluginTest/rate_limit/rate_limit_sni.test.py b/tests/gold_tests/pluginTest/rate_limit/rate_limit_sni.test.py
index c531bd94507..f7bc33ebf6b 100644
--- a/tests/gold_tests/pluginTest/rate_limit/rate_limit_sni.test.py
+++ b/tests/gold_tests/pluginTest/rate_limit/rate_limit_sni.test.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 Test rate_limit SNI queue expiry: active counter underflow regression (Finding #109).
 '''
 
+Test.SkipUnless(Condition.PluginExists('rate_limit.so'))
 Test.ContinueOnFail = True
 
 server = Test.MakeOriginServer("server", delay=4)