diff --git a/tests/check_egl_platform_ext.py b/tests/check_egl_platform_ext.py
index 243d8c31..a46a4bc3 100644
--- a/tests/check_egl_platform_ext.py
+++ b/tests/check_egl_platform_ext.py
@@ -18,23 +18,27 @@ def main():
         raise RuntimeError("Need a /dev/dri/renderD* device to do rendering")
     if len(cards) > 1:
         print("Note, using first card: %s" % (cards[0]))
-    with open(cards[0], "w") as f:
-        gbm = ctypes.CDLL("libgbm.so.1")  # On Ubuntu, package libgbm1
-        dev = gbm.gbm_create_device(f.fileno())
-        dpy = platform_base.eglGetPlatformDisplayEXT(
-            platform_gbm.EGL_PLATFORM_GBM_MESA, ctypes.c_void_p(dev), ctypes.c_void_p(0)
-        )
-        print(dpy)
-        if EGL_1_5.eglGetPlatformDisplay:
-            dpy = EGL_1_5.eglGetPlatformDisplay(
-                platform_gbm.EGL_PLATFORM_GBM_MESA,
-                ctypes.c_void_p(dev),
-                ctypes.c_void_p(0),
+    try:
+        with open(cards[0], "w") as f:
+            gbm = ctypes.CDLL("libgbm.so.1")  # On Ubuntu, package libgbm1
+            dev = gbm.gbm_create_device(f.fileno())
+            dpy = platform_base.eglGetPlatformDisplayEXT(
+                platform_gbm.EGL_PLATFORM_GBM_MESA, ctypes.c_void_p(dev), ctypes.c_void_p(0)
             )
             print(dpy)
-        else:
-            print("No EGL_1_5 implementation")
-        print('OK')
+            if EGL_1_5.eglGetPlatformDisplay:
+                dpy = EGL_1_5.eglGetPlatformDisplay(
+                    platform_gbm.EGL_PLATFORM_GBM_MESA,
+                    ctypes.c_void_p(dev),
+                    ctypes.c_void_p(0),
+                )
+                print(dpy)
+            else:
+                print("No EGL_1_5 implementation")
+    except PermissionError as error:
+        print('SKIP')
+        raise RuntimeError(str(error)) from error
+    print('OK')
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":