diff --git a/tests/auto/concurrent/qtconcurrentrun/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/auto/concurrent/qtconcurrentrun/CMakeLists.txt
index 63c863dfd5..8720c56226 100644
--- a/tests/auto/concurrent/qtconcurrentrun/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/auto/concurrent/qtconcurrentrun/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ qt_internal_add_test(tst_qtconcurrentrun
         tst_qtconcurrentrun.cpp
     LIBRARIES
         Qt::Concurrent
+        Qt::TestPrivate
 )
 
 ## Scopes:
diff --git a/tests/auto/concurrent/qtconcurrentrun/tst_qtconcurrentrun.cpp b/tests/auto/concurrent/qtconcurrentrun/tst_qtconcurrentrun.cpp
index 97e13a2aa8..f5925d9583 100644
--- a/tests/auto/concurrent/qtconcurrentrun/tst_qtconcurrentrun.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/concurrent/qtconcurrentrun/tst_qtconcurrentrun.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QFutureSynchronizer>
 
+#include <QtTest/private/qemulationdetector_p.h>
+
 using namespace QtConcurrent;
 
 class tst_QtConcurrentRun: public QObject
@@ -699,6 +701,9 @@ static void runFunction()
 
 void tst_QtConcurrentRun::pollForIsFinished()
 {
+    // proxy check for QEMU; catches slightyl more though
+    if (QTestPrivate::isRunningArmOnX86())
+        QSKIP("Runs into spurious crashes on QEMU -- QTBUG-106906");
     const int numThreads = std::max(4, 2 * QThread::idealThreadCount());
     QThreadPool::globalInstance()->setMaxThreadCount(numThreads);