diff --git a/tests/z_rpminfo/check-rpminfo.sh b/tests/z_rpminfo/check-rpminfo.sh
index 16891fe..0fc871f 100755
--- a/tests/z_rpminfo/check-rpminfo.sh
+++ b/tests/z_rpminfo/check-rpminfo.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 # Author: Brian Stinson <brian@bstinson.com>
 # Runner script for checking rpminfo so we can fail gracefully on EL5
 
+if [ "$centos_ver" -eq "8" ]; then
+  t_Log "check-rpminfo.py not python3/dnf ready on c8 => SKIP"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
 if [[ $centos_ver != 5 ]] 
 then
     python "$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")/check-rpminfo.py"