diff --git a/libs/libdrm/test-version.sh b/libs/libdrm/test-version.sh
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/libs/libdrm/test-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# shellcheck shell=busybox
+
+# libdrm-tests ships DRM tools (modetest, ...) with no --version flag; the other
+# subpackages ship no executables. Skip the version probe for the whole family.
+case "$PKG_NAME" in
+libdrm*)
+	exit 0
+	;;
+
+*)
+	echo "Untested package: $PKG_NAME" >&2
+	exit 1
+	;;
+esac