diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_1.6.3.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_1.6.3.bb
index 874453fbd6..febf625a6b 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_1.6.3.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpiod/libgpiod_1.6.3.bb
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'python3', '${PN}-py
 PACKAGECONFIG_append = " ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ptest', 'tests', '', d)}"
 
 do_install_ptest() {
+    if [ "${PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel}" = "linux-yocto" ] && \
+       ${@bb.utils.contains('KERNEL_FEATURES', 'features/gpio/mockup.scc', 'false', 'true',d)}; then
+        bbwarn "libgpiod test-suites need the gpio-mockup
+module and will not work without it. Consider adding
+'features/gpio/mockup.scc' to KERNEL_FEATURES"
+    fi
+
     install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests
 
     # These are the core C library tests