diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/rtc.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/rtc.py
index c4e6681324..39f4d29f23 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/rtc.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/rtc.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from oeqa.runtime.case import OERuntimeTestCase
 from oeqa.core.decorator.depends import OETestDepends
+from oeqa.core.decorator.data import skipIfFeature
 from oeqa.runtime.decorator.package import OEHasPackage
 
 import re
@@ -16,12 +17,14 @@ class RTCTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
             self.logger.debug('Starting systemd-timesyncd daemon')
             self.target.run('systemctl enable --now --runtime systemd-timesyncd')
 
+    @skipIfFeature('read-only-rootfs',
+                   'Test does not work with read-only-rootfs in IMAGE_FEATURES')
     @OETestDepends(['ssh.SSHTest.test_ssh'])
     @OEHasPackage(['coreutils', 'busybox'])
     def test_rtc(self):
         (status, output) = self.target.run('hwclock -r')
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg='Failed to get RTC time, output: %s' % output)
-        
+
         (status, current_datetime) = self.target.run('date +"%m%d%H%M%Y"')
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg='Failed to get system current date & time, output: %s' % current_datetime)
 
@@ -32,7 +35,6 @@ class RTCTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
 
         (status, output) = self.target.run('date %s' % current_datetime)
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg='Failed to reset system date & time, output: %s' % output)
-        
+
         (status, output) = self.target.run('hwclock -w')
         self.assertEqual(status, 0, msg='Failed to reset RTC time, output: %s' % output)
-