diff --git a/pkg/oci/main_test.go b/pkg/oci/main_test.go
index 4b47464c48..2b1be43a56 100644
--- a/pkg/oci/main_test.go
+++ b/pkg/oci/main_test.go
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@
 package oci
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -33,10 +35,18 @@ const (
 	tag        = "3.0.0"
 )
 
+var (
+	registryHost     string
+	registryResource *dockertest.Resource
+	registrySetupErr error
+)
+
 func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 	pool, err := dockertest.NewPool("")
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Failed to connect to docker: %s", err)
+		registrySetupErr = err
+		code := m.Run()
+		os.Exit(code)
 	}
 
 	wd, err := os.Getwd()
@@ -62,23 +72,68 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 			Name: "no",
 		}
 	}
-	res, err := pool.RunWithOptions(opts, hcOpts)
+	if err := pool.Client.Ping(); err != nil {
+		registrySetupErr = err
+		code := m.Run()
+		os.Exit(code)
+	}
+
+	registryResource, err = pool.RunWithOptions(opts, hcOpts)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Failed to start resource: %s", err)
+		registrySetupErr = err
+		code := m.Run()
+		os.Exit(code)
 	}
 
 	portID := fmt.Sprintf("%s/tcp", port)
-	host := fmt.Sprintf("localhost:%s", res.GetPort(portID))
-	os.Setenv(env, host)
+	registryHost = fmt.Sprintf("localhost:%s", registryResource.GetPort(portID))
+	os.Setenv(env, registryHost)
 
-	log.Printf("Waiting for registry to be ready: %s", host)
+	log.Printf("Waiting for registry to be ready: %s", registryHost)
 	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
 
 	code := m.Run()
 
-	if err := res.Close(); err != nil {
+	if err := registryResource.Close(); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to purge resource: %s", err)
 	}
 
 	os.Exit(code)
 }
+
+func isDockerUnavailable(err error) bool {
+	if err == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	msg := strings.ToLower(err.Error())
+	for _, marker := range []string{
+		"cannot connect to the docker daemon",
+		"dial unix",
+		"is the docker daemon running",
+		"no such file or directory",
+	} {
+		if strings.Contains(msg, marker) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+func requireOCIRegistry(t *testing.T, repo string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	if registrySetupErr != nil {
+		if isDockerUnavailable(registrySetupErr) {
+			t.Skipf("Skipping Docker-dependent OCI test because Docker is unavailable: %v", registrySetupErr)
+		}
+		t.Fatalf("could not set up OCI registry: %v", registrySetupErr)
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf("oci://%s/%s", registryHost, repo)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/oci/main_test_test.go b/pkg/oci/main_test_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28593f16c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/oci/main_test_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// Copyright 2025 The PipeCD Authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package oci
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestIsDockerUnavailable(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		err  error
+		want bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "missing socket path",
+			err:  errors.New("dial unix /var/run/docker.sock: connect: no such file or directory"),
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "daemon not running",
+			err:  errors.New("Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?"),
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "wrapped os err not exist",
+			err:  errors.Join(errors.New("connect docker"), os.ErrNotExist),
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "registry startup failure",
+			err:  errors.New("failed to pull image"),
+			want: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "nil error",
+			err:  nil,
+			want: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		tt := tt
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+			if got := isDockerUnavailable(tt.err); got != tt.want {
+				t.Fatalf("isDockerUnavailable(%v) = %v, want %v", tt.err, got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/oci/pull_test.go b/pkg/oci/pull_test.go
index 43c96e7bf7..7c7b89fa06 100644
--- a/pkg/oci/pull_test.go
+++ b/pkg/oci/pull_test.go
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ import (
 func TestPullFileFromRegistry(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	// OCI_REGISTRY_HOST is set by TestMain in main_test.go
-	ociURL := fmt.Sprintf("oci://%s/test-pull", os.Getenv("OCI_REGISTRY_HOST"))
+	ociURL := requireOCIRegistry(t, "test-pull")
 
 	testcases := pushTestFiles(t, t.TempDir(), ociURL)
 
diff --git a/pkg/oci/push_test.go b/pkg/oci/push_test.go
index cb526122b8..c2877c46ee 100644
--- a/pkg/oci/push_test.go
+++ b/pkg/oci/push_test.go
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ func pushTestFiles(t *testing.T, workDir, ociURL string) map[Platform]string {
 func TestPushFilesToRegistry(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	// OCI_REGISTRY_HOST is set by TestMain in main_test.go
-	ociURL := fmt.Sprintf("oci://%s/test-push", os.Getenv("OCI_REGISTRY_HOST"))
+	ociURL := requireOCIRegistry(t, "test-push")
 
 	workDir := t.TempDir()