diff --git a/tests/common/Configuration.cs b/tests/common/Configuration.cs
index 22266e2138a9..08f3c906fbe2 100644
--- a/tests/common/Configuration.cs
+++ b/tests/common/Configuration.cs
@@ -313,6 +313,17 @@ public static string RootPath {
 				return path;
 			}
 		}
+
+		public static bool TryGetRootPath (out string rootPath)
+		{
+			try {
+				rootPath = RootPath;
+				return true;
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				rootPath = null;
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
 			
 		static string TestAssemblyDirectory {
 			get {
diff --git a/tests/monotouch-test/ObjCRuntime/RegistrarTest.cs b/tests/monotouch-test/ObjCRuntime/RegistrarTest.cs
index 6b85eb16b038..fe33af14fb5e 100644
--- a/tests/monotouch-test/ObjCRuntime/RegistrarTest.cs
+++ b/tests/monotouch-test/ObjCRuntime/RegistrarTest.cs
@@ -2173,10 +2173,13 @@ public void TestCtors ()
 		[Test]
 		public void CustomUserTypeWithDynamicallyLoadedAssembly ()
 		{
+			if (!global::Xamarin.Tests.Configuration.TryGetRootPath (out var rootPath))
+				Assert.Ignore ("This test must be executed a source checkout.");
+
 #if NET
-			var customTypeAssemblyPath = global::System.IO.Path.Combine (global::Xamarin.Tests.Configuration.RootPath, "tests", "test-libraries", "custom-type-assembly", ".libs", "dotnet", "macos", "custom-type-assembly.dll");
+			var customTypeAssemblyPath = global::System.IO.Path.Combine (rootPath, "tests", "test-libraries", "custom-type-assembly", ".libs", "dotnet", "macos", "custom-type-assembly.dll");
 #else
-			var customTypeAssemblyPath = global::System.IO.Path.Combine (global::Xamarin.Tests.Configuration.RootPath, "tests", "test-libraries", "custom-type-assembly", ".libs", "macos", "custom-type-assembly.dll");
+			var customTypeAssemblyPath = global::System.IO.Path.Combine (rootPath, "tests", "test-libraries", "custom-type-assembly", ".libs", "macos", "custom-type-assembly.dll");
 #endif
 			Assert.That (customTypeAssemblyPath, Does.Exist, "existence");