diff --git a/test/parallel/parallel.status b/test/parallel/parallel.status
index 8bf4ae46f2d1d2..174de8a41cbc2c 100644
--- a/test/parallel/parallel.status
+++ b/test/parallel/parallel.status
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ test-esm-loader-hooks-inspect-wait: PASS, FLAKY
 test-child-process-fork-net-server: SKIP
 test-cli-node-options: SKIP
 test-cluster-shared-leak: SKIP
-test-fs-promises-watch-iterator: SKIP
 test-http-writable-true-after-close: SKIP
 test-http2-connect-method: SKIP
 test-net-error-twice: SKIP
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-watch-iterator.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-watch-iterator.js
index 529cf4a6c69591..c9e8d20ede2ff7 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-watch-iterator.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-watch-iterator.js
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const { join } = require('path');
 const { setTimeout } = require('timers/promises');
+const { skipIfNoWatch } = require('../common/watch');
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 
+skipIfNoWatch();
+
 class WatchTestCase {
   constructor(dirName, files) {
     this.dirName = dirName;