diff --git a/src/tests/running.md b/src/tests/running.md
index f8889c8a4..1250fa77b 100644
--- a/src/tests/running.md
+++ b/src/tests/running.md
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ timestamp file for every test can be found under `build/ARCH/test/`.
 To force-rerun a test (e.g. in case the test runner fails to notice
 a change) you can simply remove the timestamp file.
 
+Note that some tests require a Python-enabled gdb. You can test if
+your gdb install supports Python by using the `python` command from
+within gdb. Once invoked you can type some Python code (e.g.
+`print("hi")`) followed by return and then `CTRL+D` to execute it.
+If you are building gdb from source, you will need to configure with
+`--with-python=<path-to-python-binary>`.
+
 ## Running a subset of the test suites
 
 When working on a specific PR, you will usually want to run a smaller