diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
index a2b4d7f7d1..1fe0628a44 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
@@ -1464,6 +1464,14 @@ class DevtoolExtractTests(DevtoolBase):
 
 class DevtoolUpgradeTests(DevtoolBase):
 
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+        try:
+            runCmd("git config --global user.name")
+            runCmd("git config --global user.email")
+        except:
+            self.skip("Git user.name and user.email must be set")
+
     def test_devtool_upgrade(self):
         # Check preconditions
         self.assertTrue(not os.path.exists(self.workspacedir), 'This test cannot be run with a workspace directory under the build directory')