diff --git a/tests/chrootless b/tests/chrootless
index cead669..8f86992 100644
--- a/tests/chrootless
+++ b/tests/chrootless
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 set -eu
 export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 export SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH={{ SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH }}
+if dpkg --compare-versions "$(dpkg-query -W -f='${Version}' libpam-runtime)" le 1.5.2-5; then
+	# https://bugs.debian.org/1022952
+	exit 0
+fi
 trap "rm -f /tmp/chrootless.tar /tmp/root.tar" EXIT INT TERM
 # we need --hook-dir=./hooks/merged-usr because usrmerge does not understand
 # DPKG_ROOT