diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index de95979f20..317bbce9ff 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ def node(host, request):
     docker = ansible_vars.get("docker")
     dashboard = ansible_vars.get("dashboard_enabled", True)
     radosgw_num_instances = ansible_vars.get("radosgw_num_instances", 1)
+    ceph_rbd_mirror_remote_user = ansible_vars.get('ceph_rbd_mirror_remote_user', '')
     ceph_release_num = {
         'jewel': 10,
         'kraken': 11,
@@ -128,6 +129,9 @@ def node(host, request):
             request.function, group_names)
         pytest.skip(reason)
 
+    if request.node.get_closest_marker('rbdmirror_secondary') and not ceph_rbd_mirror_remote_user:  # noqa E501
+        pytest.skip('Not a valid test for a non-secondary rbd-mirror node')
+
     if request.node.get_closest_marker('ceph_crash') and group_names in [['nfss'], ['iscsigws'], ['clients'], ['monitoring']]:
         pytest.skip('Not a valid test for nfs, client or iscsigw nodes')
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/tests/rbd-mirror/test_rbd_mirror.py b/tests/functional/tests/rbd-mirror/test_rbd_mirror.py
index f72d0a505a..eb5b749816 100644
--- a/tests/functional/tests/rbd-mirror/test_rbd_mirror.py
+++ b/tests/functional/tests/rbd-mirror/test_rbd_mirror.py
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 
 class TestRbdMirrors(object):
 
+    @pytest.mark.rbdmirror_secondary
     @pytest.mark.no_docker
     def test_rbd_mirror_is_installed(self, node, host):
         assert host.package("rbd-mirror").is_installed
 
+    @pytest.mark.rbdmirror_secondary
     def test_rbd_mirror_service_enabled_and_running(self, node, host):
         service_name = "ceph-rbd-mirror@rbd-mirror.{hostname}".format(
             hostname=node["vars"]["inventory_hostname"]
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ def test_rbd_mirror_service_enabled_and_running(self, node, host):
         assert s.is_enabled
         assert s.is_running
 
+    @pytest.mark.rbdmirror_secondary
     def test_rbd_mirror_is_up(self, node, host, setup):
         hostname = node["vars"]["inventory_hostname"]
         cluster = setup["cluster_name"]