diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/.gitignore
index 2c8ddcf41c0e..e90d28bcd518 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/.gitignore
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ va_128TBswitch
 map_fixed_noreplace
 write_to_hugetlbfs
 hmm-tests
+local_config.*
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
index 2579242386ac..019cbb7f3cf8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # Makefile for vm selftests
+
+include local_config.mk
+
 uname_M := $(shell uname -m 2>/dev/null || echo not)
 MACHINE ?= $(shell echo $(uname_M) | sed -e 's/aarch64.*/arm64/')
 
@@ -76,8 +79,6 @@ TEST_FILES := test_vmalloc.sh
 KSFT_KHDR_INSTALL := 1
 include ../lib.mk
 
-$(OUTPUT)/hmm-tests: LDLIBS += -lhugetlbfs
-
 ifeq ($(ARCH),x86_64)
 BINARIES_32 := $(patsubst %,$(OUTPUT)/%,$(BINARIES_32))
 BINARIES_64 := $(patsubst %,$(OUTPUT)/%,$(BINARIES_64))
@@ -130,3 +131,22 @@ endif
 $(OUTPUT)/mlock-random-test: LDLIBS += -lcap
 
 $(OUTPUT)/gup_test: ../../../../mm/gup_test.h
+
+$(OUTPUT)/hmm-tests: local_config.h
+
+# HMM_EXTRA_LIBS may get set in local_config.mk, or it may be left empty.
+$(OUTPUT)/hmm-tests: LDLIBS += $(HMM_EXTRA_LIBS)
+
+local_config.mk local_config.h: check_config.sh
+	./check_config.sh $(CC)
+
+EXTRA_CLEAN += local_config.mk local_config.h
+
+ifeq ($(HMM_EXTRA_LIBS),)
+all: warn_missing_hugelibs
+
+warn_missing_hugelibs:
+	@echo ; \
+	echo "Warning: missing libhugetlbfs support. Some HMM tests will be skipped." ; \
+	echo
+endif
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/check_config.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/check_config.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..079c8a40b85d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/check_config.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#
+# Probe for libraries and create header files to record the results. Both C
+# header files and Makefile include fragments are created.
+
+OUTPUT_H_FILE=local_config.h
+OUTPUT_MKFILE=local_config.mk
+
+# libhugetlbfs
+tmpname=$(mktemp)
+tmpfile_c=${tmpname}.c
+tmpfile_o=${tmpname}.o
+
+echo "#include <sys/types.h>"        > $tmpfile_c
+echo "#include <hugetlbfs.h>"       >> $tmpfile_c
+echo "int func(void) { return 0; }" >> $tmpfile_c
+
+CC=${1:?"Usage: $0 <compiler> # example compiler: gcc"}
+$CC -c $tmpfile_c -o $tmpfile_o >/dev/null 2>&1
+
+if [ -f $tmpfile_o ]; then
+    echo "#define LOCAL_CONFIG_HAVE_LIBHUGETLBFS 1" > $OUTPUT_H_FILE
+    echo "HMM_EXTRA_LIBS = -lhugetlbfs"             > $OUTPUT_MKFILE
+else
+    echo "// No libhugetlbfs support found"      > $OUTPUT_H_FILE
+    echo "# No libhugetlbfs support found, so:"  > $OUTPUT_MKFILE
+    echo "HMM_EXTRA_LIBS = "                    >> $OUTPUT_MKFILE
+fi
+
+rm ${tmpname}.*
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/hmm-tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/hmm-tests.c
index 0a28a6a29581..6b79723d7dc6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/hmm-tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/hmm-tests.c
@@ -21,12 +21,16 @@
 #include <strings.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
-#include <hugetlbfs.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 
+#include "./local_config.h"
+#ifdef LOCAL_CONFIG_HAVE_LIBHUGETLBFS
+#include <hugetlbfs.h>
+#endif
+
 /*
  * This is a private UAPI to the kernel test module so it isn't exported
  * in the usual include/uapi/... directory.
@@ -662,6 +666,7 @@ TEST_F(hmm, anon_write_huge)
 	hmm_buffer_free(buffer);
 }
 
+#ifdef LOCAL_CONFIG_HAVE_LIBHUGETLBFS
 /*
  * Write huge TLBFS page.
  */
@@ -720,6 +725,7 @@ TEST_F(hmm, anon_write_hugetlbfs)
 	buffer->ptr = NULL;
 	hmm_buffer_free(buffer);
 }
+#endif /* LOCAL_CONFIG_HAVE_LIBHUGETLBFS */
 
 /*
  * Read mmap'ed file memory.
@@ -1336,6 +1342,7 @@ TEST_F(hmm2, snapshot)
 	hmm_buffer_free(buffer);
 }
 
+#ifdef LOCAL_CONFIG_HAVE_LIBHUGETLBFS
 /*
  * Test the hmm_range_fault() HMM_PFN_PMD flag for large pages that
  * should be mapped by a large page table entry.
@@ -1411,6 +1418,7 @@ TEST_F(hmm, compound)
 	buffer->ptr = NULL;
 	hmm_buffer_free(buffer);
 }
+#endif /* LOCAL_CONFIG_HAVE_LIBHUGETLBFS */
 
 /*
  * Test two devices reading the same memory (double mapped).
