diff --git a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
index 42e7b876594fa7..d5e2ff50b694ec 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     # sys
     "MS_WINDOWS", "is_jython", "is_android", "is_emscripten", "is_wasi",
     "is_apple_mobile", "check_impl_detail", "unix_shell", "setswitchinterval",
+    "has_runtime_library",
     # os
     "get_pagesize",
     # network
@@ -536,6 +537,8 @@ def skip_android_selinux(name):
 is_emscripten = sys.platform == "emscripten"
 is_wasi = sys.platform == "wasi"
 
+has_runtime_library = bool(hasattr(sys, 'dllhandle') or sysconfig.get_config_var('LD_LIBRARY'))
+
 def skip_emscripten_stack_overflow():
     return unittest.skipIf(is_emscripten, "Exhausts limited stack on Emscripten")
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_embed.py b/Lib/test/test_embed.py
index 7110fb889f3c8e..111add99d9607e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_embed.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_embed.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # Run the tests in Programs/_testembed.c (tests for the CPython embedding APIs)
 from test import support
 from test.libregrtest.utils import get_build_info
-from test.support import import_helper, os_helper, threading_helper, MS_WINDOWS
+from test.support import (
+    import_helper, os_helper, threading_helper, MS_WINDOWS, has_runtime_library
+)
 import unittest
 
 from collections import namedtuple
@@ -1608,6 +1610,7 @@ def test_init_pybuilddir_win32(self):
                                    api=API_COMPAT, env=env,
                                    ignore_stderr=False, cwd=tmpdir)
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(has_runtime_library, "Test only available when static linking libpython")
     def test_init_pyvenv_cfg(self):
         # Test path configuration with pyvenv.cfg configuration file