diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
index df45df23423..5ed69aee1b1 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from oeqa.selftest.case import OESelftestTestCase
 from oeqa.utils.commands import runCmd, Command, bitbake, get_bb_var, create_temp_layer
 from oeqa.utils.commands import get_bb_vars, runqemu, runqemu_check_taps, get_test_layer
 from oeqa.core.decorator import OETestTag
+from oeqa.core.decorator.data import skipIfNotFeature
 from bb.utils import mkdirhier, edit_bblayers_conf
 
 oldmetapath = None
@@ -1713,6 +1714,7 @@ class DevtoolUpdateTests(DevtoolBase):
         # Try building
         bitbake('%s -c patch' % testrecipe)
 
+    @skipIfNotFeature('vulkan', 'Test requires vulkan to be in DISTRO_FEATURES (operates on vulkan-samples)')
     def test_devtool_git_submodules(self):
         # This tests if we can add a patch in a git submodule and extract it properly using devtool finish
         # Check preconditions