diff --git a/cli/tests/Vdk.Tests/FallbackDockerEngineTests.cs b/cli/tests/Vdk.Tests/FallbackDockerEngineTests.cs
index 0655d8c..c626ff6 100644
--- a/cli/tests/Vdk.Tests/FallbackDockerEngineTests.cs
+++ b/cli/tests/Vdk.Tests/FallbackDockerEngineTests.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using Vdk.Models;
 using Vdk.Services;
+using Xunit;
 
 namespace Vdk.Tests
 {
@@ -8,16 +9,24 @@ public class FallbackDockerEngineTests : IDisposable
         private readonly FallbackDockerEngine _engine = new();
         private readonly string _containerName = $"vdk_test_{Guid.NewGuid().ToString().Substring(0, 8)}";
         private readonly string _image = "alpine";
+        private readonly bool _dockerAvailable;
 
         public FallbackDockerEngineTests()
         {
-            // Pull image to avoid network flakiness in tests
-            FallbackDockerEngine.RunProcess("docker", $"pull {_image}", out _, out _);
+            // Check if Docker is available before running tests
+            _dockerAvailable = _engine.CanConnect();
+            if (_dockerAvailable)
+            {
+                // Pull image to avoid network flakiness in tests
+                FallbackDockerEngine.RunProcess("docker", $"pull {_image}", out _, out _);
+            }
         }
 
-        [Fact]
+        [SkippableFact]
         public void Run_And_Exists_And_Delete_Works()
         {
+            Skip.IfNot(_dockerAvailable, "Docker is not available on this machine");
+
             var result = _engine.Run(_image, _containerName, null, null, null, new[] { "sleep", "60" });
             Assert.True(result, "Container should start");
             Assert.True(_engine.Exists(_containerName), "Container should exist and be running");
@@ -25,9 +34,11 @@ public void Run_And_Exists_And_Delete_Works()
             Assert.False(_engine.Exists(_containerName, false), "Container should not exist after delete");
         }
 
-        [Fact]
+        [SkippableFact]
         public void Stop_And_Exec_Works()
         {
+            Skip.IfNot(_dockerAvailable, "Docker is not available on this machine");
+
             var started = _engine.Run(_image, _containerName, null, null, null, new[] { "sleep", "60" });
             Assert.True(started, "Container should start");
             // Exec a command
@@ -40,9 +51,11 @@ public void Stop_And_Exec_Works()
             Assert.True(_engine.Delete(_containerName), "Container should be deleted");
         }
 
-        [Fact]
+        [SkippableFact]
         public void Run_With_Ports_And_Volumes_Works()
         {
+            Skip.IfNot(_dockerAvailable, "Docker is not available on this machine");
+
             var ports = new[] { new PortMapping { HostPort = 12345, ContainerPort = 80 } };
             var volumes = new[] { new FileMapping { Source = "/tmp", Destination = "/mnt" } };
             var result = _engine.Run(_image, _containerName, ports, null, volumes, new[] { "sleep", "60" });
diff --git a/cli/tests/Vdk.Tests/Vdk.Tests.csproj b/cli/tests/Vdk.Tests/Vdk.Tests.csproj
index d64b460..5a5ac29 100644
--- a/cli/tests/Vdk.Tests/Vdk.Tests.csproj
+++ b/cli/tests/Vdk.Tests/Vdk.Tests.csproj
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.4" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Text.RegularExpressions" Version="4.3.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.9.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Xunit.SkippableFact" Version="1.5.61" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="3.1.5">
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>