diff --git a/tests/scripts/faketime-all.sh b/tests/scripts/faketime-all.sh
index 32727cea78..57de29034c 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/faketime-all.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/faketime-all.sh
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ pre_initialize_variables () {
     : ${ARMC6_BIN_DIR:=/usr/bin}
     : ${ARM_NONE_EABI_GCC_PREFIX:=arm-none-eabi-}
     : ${ARM_LINUX_GNUEABI_GCC_PREFIX:=arm-linux-gnueabi-}
+    LIBFAKETIME=
 
     # if MAKEFLAGS is not set add the -j option to speed up invocations of make
     if [ -z "${MAKEFLAGS+set}" ]; then
@@ -380,6 +381,22 @@ check_tools()
     done
 }
 
+check_faketime() {
+
+    for i in /usr/local/lib/faketime/libfaketime.so.1 \
+             /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/faketime/libfaketime.so.1 \
+             /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/faketime/libfaketime.so.1
+    do
+        if [ -f $i ]; then
+            LIBFAKETIME=$i
+        fi
+    done
+    if [ -z "$LIBFAKETIME" ]; then
+        err_msg "libfaketime not found!"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
 pre_parse_command_line_for_dirs () {
     # Make an early pass through the options given, so we can set directories
     # for Arm compilers, before SUPPORTED_COMPONENTS is determined.
@@ -751,6 +768,11 @@ pre_check_tools () {
                         "$ARMC6_CC" "$ARMC6_AR" "$ARMC6_FROMELF";;
     esac
 
+    case " $RUN_COMPONENTS " in
+        *_faketime_*)
+            check_faketime;;
+    esac
+
     # past this point, no call to check_tool, only printing output
     if [ $QUIET -eq 1 ]; then
         return