diff --git a/test/gstreamer/gstreamer_multi_stream_test.cpp b/test/gstreamer/gstreamer_multi_stream_test.cpp
index 112f1dee..b8387c10 100644
--- a/test/gstreamer/gstreamer_multi_stream_test.cpp
+++ b/test/gstreamer/gstreamer_multi_stream_test.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class GstreamerMultiStreamTest : public GstreamerTest, public Test
 {
 public:
 	GstreamerMultiStreamTest()
-		: GstreamerTest()
+		: GstreamerTest(2)
 	{
 	}
 
@@ -39,24 +39,6 @@ protected:
 		if (status_ != TestPass)
 			return status_;
 
-		/* Check if platform supports multistream capture */
-		libcamera::CameraManager cm;
-		cm.start();
-		bool cameraFound = false;
-		for (auto &camera : cm.cameras()) {
-			if (camera->streams().size() > 1) {
-				cameraName_ = camera->id();
-				cameraFound = true;
-				cm.stop();
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-
-		if (!cameraFound) {
-			cm.stop();
-			return TestSkip;
-		}
-
 		const gchar *streamDescription = "queue ! fakesink";
 		g_autoptr(GError) error = NULL;
 
diff --git a/test/gstreamer/gstreamer_test.cpp b/test/gstreamer/gstreamer_test.cpp
index cfb8afc6..4668aa00 100644
--- a/test/gstreamer/gstreamer_test.cpp
+++ b/test/gstreamer/gstreamer_test.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * libcamera Gstreamer element API tests
  */
 
+#include <libcamera/libcamera.h>
 #include <libcamera/base/utils.h>
 
 #include "gstreamer_test.h"
@@ -25,9 +26,10 @@ const char *__asan_default_options()
 }
 }
 
-GstreamerTest::GstreamerTest()
+GstreamerTest::GstreamerTest(unsigned int numStreams)
 	: pipeline_(nullptr), libcameraSrc_(nullptr)
 {
+
 	/*
 	* GStreamer by default spawns a process to run the
 	* gst-plugin-scanner helper. If libcamera is compiled with ASan
@@ -67,9 +69,38 @@ GstreamerTest::GstreamerTest()
 		return;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Atleast one camera should be available with numStreams streams
+	 * otherwise, skip the test entirely.
+	 */
+	if (!satisfyCameraStreams(numStreams)) {
+		status_ = TestSkip;
+		return;
+	}
+
 	status_ = TestPass;
 }
 
+bool GstreamerTest::satisfyCameraStreams(unsigned int numStreams)
+{
+	libcamera::CameraManager cm;
+	bool cameraFound = false;
+
+	cm.start();
+
+	for (auto &camera : cm.cameras()) {
+		if (camera->streams().size() < numStreams)
+			continue;
+
+		cameraFound = true;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	cm.stop();
+
+	return cameraFound;
+}
+
 GstreamerTest::~GstreamerTest()
 {
 	g_clear_object(&pipeline_);
diff --git a/test/gstreamer/gstreamer_test.h b/test/gstreamer/gstreamer_test.h
index 35adab0e..fa41721f 100644
--- a/test/gstreamer/gstreamer_test.h
+++ b/test/gstreamer/gstreamer_test.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 class GstreamerTest
 {
 public:
-	GstreamerTest();
+	GstreamerTest(unsigned int numStreams = 1);
 	virtual ~GstreamerTest();
 
 protected:
@@ -27,4 +27,6 @@ protected:
 	GstElement *pipeline_;
 	GstElement *libcameraSrc_;
 	int status_;
+private:
+	bool satisfyCameraStreams(unsigned int numStreams);
 };