diff --git a/ext/session/tests/skipif.inc b/ext/session/tests/skipif.inc
index 8336e75bd07..f249cbf8546 100644
--- a/ext/session/tests/skipif.inc
+++ b/ext/session/tests/skipif.inc
@@ -7,4 +7,13 @@ if (!extension_loaded("session") && ini_get("enable_dl")) {
 if (!extension_loaded("session")) {
     die("skip\n");
 }
+$save_path = ini_get("session.save_path");
+if (!@is_writable($save_path)) {
+	if (($p = strpos($save_path, ';')) !== false) {
+		$save_path = substr($save_path, ++$p);
+	}
+	if (!@is_writable($save_path)) {
+		die("skip\n");
+	}
+}
 ?>