diff --git a/src/c/test/t0001-cbinding-basic.t.in b/src/c/test/t0001-cbinding-basic.t.in
index 6c79a12a..49508fa4 100755
--- a/src/c/test/t0001-cbinding-basic.t.in
+++ b/src/c/test/t0001-cbinding-basic.t.in
@@ -183,39 +183,47 @@ test_expect_success 'PERFFLOW_OPTIONS: enable logging smoketest3' '
     rm perfflow.$(hostname).[0-9]*.pfw
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'c binding: smoketest_MT runs ok in default' '
-    ../smoketest_MT &&
-    rm perfflow.$(hostname).[0-9]*.pfw
-'
+if test -f ../smoketest_MT; then
+    test_expect_success 'c binding: smoketest_MT runs ok in default' '
+        ../smoketest_MT &&
+        rm perfflow.$(hostname).[0-9]*.pfw
+    '
 
-test_expect_success 'PERFFLOW_OPTIONS: disable logging smoketest_MT' '
-    PERFFLOW_OPTIONS="log-enable=False" ../smoketest_MT &&
-    ! test -f perfflow.$(hostname).[0-9]*.pfw &&
-    if test -f perfflow.$(hostname).[0-9]*.pfw; then rm perfflow.$(hostname).[0-9]*.pfw; fi
-'
+    test_expect_success 'PERFFLOW_OPTIONS: disable logging smoketest_MT' '
+        PERFFLOW_OPTIONS="log-enable=False" ../smoketest_MT &&
+        ! test -f perfflow.$(hostname).[0-9]*.pfw &&
+        if test -f perfflow.$(hostname).[0-9]*.pfw; then rm perfflow.$(hostname).[0-9]*.pfw; fi
+    '
 
-test_expect_success 'PERFFLOW_OPTIONS: enable logging smoketest_MT' '
-    PERFFLOW_OPTIONS="log-enable=True" ../smoketest_MT &&
-    test -f perfflow.$(hostname).[0-9]*.pfw &&
-    rm perfflow.$(hostname).[0-9]*.pfw
-'
+    test_expect_success 'PERFFLOW_OPTIONS: enable logging smoketest_MT' '
+        PERFFLOW_OPTIONS="log-enable=True" ../smoketest_MT &&
+        test -f perfflow.$(hostname).[0-9]*.pfw &&
+        rm perfflow.$(hostname).[0-9]*.pfw
+    '
+else
+    say "Skipping multithreaded smoketests...disabled in the build."
+fi
 
-test_expect_success 'c binding: smoketest_MPI runs ok in default' '
-    mpirun -n 2 ../smoketest_MPI &&
-    rm perfflow.$(hostname).[0-9]*.pfw
-'
+if test -f ../smoketest_MPI; then
+    test_expect_success 'c binding: smoketest_MPI runs ok in default' '
+        mpirun -n 2 ../smoketest_MPI &&
+        rm perfflow.$(hostname).[0-9]*.pfw
+    '
 
-test_expect_success 'PERFFLOW_OPTIONS: disable logging smoketest_MPI' '
-    PERFFLOW_OPTIONS="log-enable=False"  mpirun -n 2 ../smoketest_MPI &&
-    test `ls -1 perfflow.$(hostname).[0-9]*.pfw 2>/dev/null | wc -l` -eq 0 &&
-    if test `ls -1 perfflow.$(hostname).[0-9]*.pfw 2>/dev/null | wc -l` -gt 0; then rm -f perfflow.$(hostname).[0-9]*.pfw; fi
-'
+    test_expect_success 'PERFFLOW_OPTIONS: disable logging smoketest_MPI' '
+        PERFFLOW_OPTIONS="log-enable=False"  mpirun -n 2 ../smoketest_MPI &&
+        test `ls -1 perfflow.$(hostname).[0-9]*.pfw 2>/dev/null | wc -l` -eq 0 &&
+        if test `ls -1 perfflow.$(hostname).[0-9]*.pfw 2>/dev/null | wc -l` -gt 0; then rm -f perfflow.$(hostname).[0-9]*.pfw; fi
+    '
 
-test_expect_success 'PERFFLOW_OPTIONS: enable logging smoketest_MPI' '
-    PERFFLOW_OPTIONS="log-enable=True"  mpirun -n 2 ../smoketest_MPI &&
-    test `ls -1 perfflow.$(hostname).[0-9]*.pfw 2>/dev/null | wc -l` -eq 2 &&
-    rm perfflow.$(hostname).[0-9]*.pfw
-'
+    test_expect_success 'PERFFLOW_OPTIONS: enable logging smoketest_MPI' '
+        PERFFLOW_OPTIONS="log-enable=True"  mpirun -n 2 ../smoketest_MPI &&
+        test `ls -1 perfflow.$(hostname).[0-9]*.pfw 2>/dev/null | wc -l` -eq 2 &&
+        rm perfflow.$(hostname).[0-9]*.pfw
+    '
+else
+    say "Skipping MPI smoketests...disabled in the build."
+fi
 
 test_expect_success 'PERFFLOW_OPTIONS: use compact format smoketest' '
     PERFFLOW_OPTIONS="log-event=compact" ../smoketest &&