diff --git a/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.softmmu-target b/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.softmmu-target
index f6b5121f5c..d2299b98b7 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.softmmu-target
+++ b/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.softmmu-target
@@ -61,7 +61,13 @@ run-memory-replay: memory-replay run-memory-record
 	   	  $(QEMU_OPTS) memory, \
 	  "$< on $(TARGET_NAME)")
 
-run-pauth-3: pauth-3
-pauth-3: CFLAGS += -march=armv8.3-a
+EXTRA_TESTS+=memory-record memory-replay
 
-EXTRA_TESTS+=memory-record memory-replay pauth-3
+ifneq ($(DOCKER_IMAGE)$(CROSS_CC_HAS_ARMV8_3),)
+pauth-3: CFLAGS += -march=armv8.3-a
+else
+pauth-3:
+	$(call skip-test, "BUILD of $@", "missing compiler support")
+run-pauth-3:
+	$(call skip-test, "RUN of pauth-3", "not built")
+endif
diff --git a/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.target b/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.target
index efa67cf1e9..8ed477d0d5 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.target
+++ b/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.target
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ run-fcvt: fcvt
 	$(call diff-out,$<,$(AARCH64_SRC)/fcvt.ref)
 
 # Pauth Tests
+ifneq ($(DOCKER_IMAGE)$(CROSS_CC_HAS_ARMV8_3),)
 AARCH64_TESTS += pauth-1 pauth-2 pauth-4
 run-pauth-%: QEMU_OPTS += -cpu max
 pauth-%: CFLAGS += -march=armv8.3-a
+endif
 
 # Semihosting smoke test for linux-user
 AARCH64_TESTS += semihosting
diff --git a/tests/tcg/configure.sh b/tests/tcg/configure.sh
index e0d1fbb182..9eb6ba3b7e 100755
--- a/tests/tcg/configure.sh
+++ b/tests/tcg/configure.sh
@@ -227,6 +227,10 @@ for target in $target_list; do
                -march=armv8.1-a+sve -o $TMPE $TMPC; then
                 echo "CROSS_CC_HAS_SVE=y" >> $config_target_mak
             fi
+            if do_compiler "$target_compiler" $target_compiler_cflags \
+               -march=-march=armv8.3-a -o $TMPE $TMPC; then
+                echo "CROSS_CC_HAS_ARMV8_3=y" >> $config_target_mak
+            fi
         ;;
     esac