diff --git a/src/common/linux/elf_core_dump_unittest.cc b/src/common/linux/elf_core_dump_unittest.cc
index 2399c12f..7854f31c 100644
--- a/src/common/linux/elf_core_dump_unittest.cc
+++ b/src/common/linux/elf_core_dump_unittest.cc
@@ -130,9 +130,13 @@ TEST(ElfCoreDumpTest, TestElfHeader) {
 TEST(ElfCoreDumpTest, ValidCoreFile) {
   CrashGenerator crash_generator;
   if (!crash_generator.HasDefaultCorePattern()) {
-    fprintf(stderr, "ElfCoreDumpTest.ValidCoreFile test is skipped "
-            "due to non-default core pattern");
-    return;
+    GTEST_SKIP() << "ElfCoreDumpTest.ValidCoreFile test is skipped "
+                    "due to non-default core pattern";
+  }
+
+  if (!crash_generator.HasResourceLimitsAmenableToCrashCollection()) {
+    GTEST_SKIP() << "ElfCoreDumpTest.ValidCoreFile test is skipped "
+                    "due to inadequate system resource limits";
   }
 
   const unsigned kNumOfThreads = 3;
diff --git a/src/common/linux/tests/crash_generator.cc b/src/common/linux/tests/crash_generator.cc
index a70df28a..976f5e45 100644
--- a/src/common/linux/tests/crash_generator.cc
+++ b/src/common/linux/tests/crash_generator.cc
@@ -169,6 +169,15 @@ bool CrashGenerator::SetCoreFileSizeLimit(rlim_t limit) const {
   return true;
 }
 
+bool CrashGenerator::HasResourceLimitsAmenableToCrashCollection() const {
+  struct rlimit limits;
+  if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &limits) == -1) {
+    perror("CrashGenerator: Failed to get core file size limit");
+    return false;
+  }
+  return limits.rlim_max >= kCoreSizeLimit;
+}
+
 bool CrashGenerator::CreateChildCrash(
     unsigned num_threads, unsigned crash_thread, int crash_signal,
     pid_t* child_pid) {
diff --git a/src/common/linux/tests/crash_generator.h b/src/common/linux/tests/crash_generator.h
index 7e2fcbf9..6d1c2eae 100644
--- a/src/common/linux/tests/crash_generator.h
+++ b/src/common/linux/tests/crash_generator.h
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ class CrashGenerator {
   // Returns the directory of a copy of proc files of the child process.
   string GetDirectoryOfProcFilesCopy() const;
 
+  // Returns whether current resource limits would prevent `CreateChildCrash`
+  // from operating.
+  bool HasResourceLimitsAmenableToCrashCollection() const;
+
   // Creates a crash (and a core dump file) by creating a child process with
   // |num_threads| threads, and the terminating the child process by sending
   // a signal with number |crash_signal| to the |crash_thread|-th thread.