diff --git a/tests/p_lzo/0-install_lzo.sh b/tests/p_lzo/0-install_lzo.sh
index d91ca7b..93af2d7 100755
--- a/tests/p_lzo/0-install_lzo.sh
+++ b/tests/p_lzo/0-install_lzo.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Author: Vivek Dubey <dvivek@thoughtworks.com>
 # Akshay Karle <akshayka@thoughtworks.com> 
+# Christoph Galuschka <christoph.galuschka@chello.at>
 
-t_InstallPackage lzop
+t_Log "Running $0 - installing lzop"
+
+if [ $centos_ver = 5 ]
+  then
+  t_Log "This is a C5 system. Skipping."
+else
+  t_InstallPackage lzop
+fi
diff --git a/tests/p_lzo/lzo_test.sh b/tests/p_lzo/lzo_test.sh
index 16efd77..e90c17b 100755
--- a/tests/p_lzo/lzo_test.sh
+++ b/tests/p_lzo/lzo_test.sh
@@ -5,19 +5,29 @@
 
 t_Log "Running $0 - testing lzo compression and decompression"
 
-FILE1=/tmp/testfile.txt
-FILE2=/tmp/testfile.lzo
+if [ $centos_ver = 5 ]
+  then
+  t_Log "This is a C5 system. Skipping."
+  ret_val=0
+else
+  FILE1=/tmp/testfile.txt
+  FILE2=/tmp/testfile.lzo
 
-echo 'CentOS' > ${FILE1}
+  echo 'CentOS' > ${FILE1}
 
-# running compression
-lzop -9 ${FILE1} -o ${FILE2}
-/bin/rm ${FILE1}
+  # running compression
+  lzop -9 ${FILE1} -o ${FILE2}
+  /bin/rm ${FILE1}
 
-lzop -d ${FILE2} -o ${FILE1}
-/bin/rm ${FILE2}
+  lzop -d ${FILE2} -o ${FILE1}
+  /bin/rm ${FILE2}
 
-#checking file content
-grep -q 'CentOS' ${FILE1}
+  #checking file content
+  grep -q 'CentOS' ${FILE1}
+  ret_val=$?
 
-t_CheckExitStatus $?
+  #clean up
+  /bin/rm ${FILE1}
+fi
+
+t_CheckExitStatus $ret_val