diff --git a/neutron/tests/common/base.py b/neutron/tests/common/base.py
index 5d1fbb3f031..11499e8050e 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/common/base.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/common/base.py
@@ -11,8 +11,14 @@
 #    under the License.
 #
 
+import functools
+import unittest.case
+
+import testtools.testcase
+
 from neutron.common import constants as n_const
 from neutron.tests import base
+from neutron.tests import tools
 
 
 def create_resource(prefix, creation_func, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -40,3 +46,24 @@ def create_resource(prefix, creation_func, *args, **kwargs):
             return creation_func(name, *args, **kwargs)
         except RuntimeError:
             pass
+
+
+def no_skip_on_missing_deps(wrapped):
+    """Do not allow a method/test to skip on missing dependencies.
+
+    This decorator raises an error if a skip is raised by wrapped method when
+    OS_FAIL_ON_MISSING_DEPS is evaluated to True. This decorator should be used
+    only for missing dependencies (including missing system requirements).
+    """
+
+    @functools.wraps(wrapped)
+    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        try:
+            return wrapped(*args, **kwargs)
+        except (testtools.TestCase.skipException, unittest.case.SkipTest) as e:
+            if base.bool_from_env('OS_FAIL_ON_MISSING_DEPS'):
+                tools.fail(
+                    '%s cannot be skipped because OS_FAIL_ON_MISSING_DEPS '
+                    'is enabled, skip reason: %s' % (wrapped.__name__, e))
+            raise
+    return wrapper
diff --git a/neutron/tests/functional/agent/test_ovs_flows.py b/neutron/tests/functional/agent/test_ovs_flows.py
index 90107d85552..0108577bb0b 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/functional/agent/test_ovs_flows.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/functional/agent/test_ovs_flows.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from neutron.agent.linux import ip_lib
 from neutron.cmd.sanity import checks
 from neutron.plugins.openvswitch.agent import ovs_neutron_agent as ovsagt
 from neutron.plugins.openvswitch.common import constants
+from neutron.tests.common import base as common_base
 from neutron.tests.common import net_helpers
 from neutron.tests.functional.agent import test_ovs_lib
 from neutron.tests.functional import base
@@ -85,12 +86,11 @@ class _OVSAgentOFCtlTestBase(_OVSAgentTestBase):
 
 class _ARPSpoofTestCase(object):
     def setUp(self):
-        if not checks.arp_header_match_supported():
-            self.skipTest("ARP header matching not supported")
         # NOTE(kevinbenton): it would be way cooler to use scapy for
         # these but scapy requires the python process to be running as
         # root to bind to the ports.
         super(_ARPSpoofTestCase, self).setUp()
+        self.skip_without_arp_support()
         self.src_addr = '192.168.0.1'
         self.dst_addr = '192.168.0.2'
         self.src_namespace = self.useFixture(
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ class _ARPSpoofTestCase(object):
         # wait to add IPs until after anti-spoof rules to ensure ARP doesn't
         # happen before
 
+    @common_base.no_skip_on_missing_deps
+    def skip_without_arp_support(self):
+        if not checks.arp_header_match_supported():
+            self.skipTest("ARP header matching not supported")
+
     def test_arp_spoof_doesnt_block_normal_traffic(self):
         self._setup_arp_spoof_for_port(self.src_p.name, [self.src_addr])
         self._setup_arp_spoof_for_port(self.dst_p.name, [self.dst_addr])
diff --git a/neutron/tests/functional/base.py b/neutron/tests/functional/base.py
index 0907ea729bc..ea4997f6f09 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/functional/base.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/functional/base.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from oslo_config import cfg
 from neutron.agent.common import config
 from neutron.agent.linux import utils
 from neutron.tests import base
+from neutron.tests.common import base as common_base
 
 SUDO_CMD = 'sudo -n'
 
@@ -51,9 +52,6 @@ class BaseSudoTestCase(base.BaseTestCase):
         if not base.bool_from_env('OS_SUDO_TESTING'):
             self.skipTest('Testing with sudo is not enabled')
 
-        self.fail_on_missing_deps = (
-            base.bool_from_env('OS_FAIL_ON_MISSING_DEPS'))
-
         config.register_root_helper(cfg.CONF)
         self.config(group='AGENT',
                     root_helper=os.environ.get('OS_ROOTWRAP_CMD', SUDO_CMD))
@@ -61,10 +59,11 @@ class BaseSudoTestCase(base.BaseTestCase):
                     root_helper_daemon=os.environ.get(
                         'OS_ROOTWRAP_DAEMON_CMD'))
 
+    @common_base.no_skip_on_missing_deps
     def check_command(self, cmd, error_text, skip_msg, run_as_root=False):
         try:
             utils.execute(cmd, run_as_root=run_as_root)
         except RuntimeError as e:
-            if error_text in str(e) and not self.fail_on_missing_deps:
+            if error_text in str(e):
                 self.skipTest(skip_msg)
             raise