diff --git a/test/extended/router/gatewayapicontroller.go b/test/extended/router/gatewayapicontroller.go
index 635d7db0de7f..d38bd65f0915 100644
--- a/test/extended/router/gatewayapicontroller.go
+++ b/test/extended/router/gatewayapicontroller.go
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ import (
 	gatewayapiclientset "sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/pkg/client/clientset/versioned"
 )
 
+var (
+	requiredCapabilities = []configv1.ClusterVersionCapability{
+		configv1.ClusterVersionCapabilityMarketplace,
+		configv1.ClusterVersionCapabilityOperatorLifecycleManager,
+	}
+)
+
 var _ = g.Describe("[sig-network-edge][OCPFeatureGate:GatewayAPIController][Feature:Router][apigroup:gateway.networking.k8s.io]", g.Ordered, g.Serial, func() {
 	defer g.GinkgoRecover()
 	var (
@@ -73,6 +80,11 @@ var _ = g.Describe("[sig-network-edge][OCPFeatureGate:GatewayAPIController][Feat
 			g.Skip(fmt.Sprintf("Skipping on non cloud platform type %q", platformType))
 		}
 
+		// GatewayAPIController relies on OSSM OLM operator.
+		// Skipping on clusters which don't have capabilities required
+		// to install an OLM operator.
+		exutil.SkipIfMissingCapabilities(oc, requiredCapabilities...)
+
 		gwapiClient := gatewayapiclientset.NewForConfigOrDie(oc.AdminConfig())
 		// create the default gatewayClass
 		gatewayClass := buildGatewayClass(gatewayClassName, gatewayClassControllerName)
@@ -80,7 +92,6 @@ var _ = g.Describe("[sig-network-edge][OCPFeatureGate:GatewayAPIController][Feat
 		if err != nil && !apierrors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
 			e2e.Failf("Failed to create GatewayClass %q", gatewayClassName)
 		}
-
 	})
 
 	g.AfterAll(func() {
diff --git a/test/extended/util/framework.go b/test/extended/util/framework.go
index cf6bbf4af1e6..fab0d1002d8e 100644
--- a/test/extended/util/framework.go
+++ b/test/extended/util/framework.go
@@ -2404,6 +2404,27 @@ func IsCapabilityEnabled(oc *CLI, cap configv1.ClusterVersionCapability) (bool,
 	return false, nil
 }
 
+// AllCapabilitiesEnabled returns true if all of the given capabilities are enabled on the cluster.
+func AllCapabilitiesEnabled(oc *CLI, caps ...configv1.ClusterVersionCapability) (bool, error) {
+	cv, err := oc.AdminConfigClient().ConfigV1().ClusterVersions().Get(context.Background(), "version", metav1.GetOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	enabledCaps := make(map[configv1.ClusterVersionCapability]struct{}, len(cv.Status.Capabilities.EnabledCapabilities))
+	for _, c := range cv.Status.Capabilities.EnabledCapabilities {
+		enabledCaps[c] = struct{}{}
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range caps {
+		if _, found := enabledCaps[c]; !found {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true, nil
+}
+
 // SkipIfNotPlatform skip the test if supported platforms are not matched
 func SkipIfNotPlatform(oc *CLI, platforms ...configv1.PlatformType) {
 	var match bool
@@ -2420,6 +2441,15 @@ func SkipIfNotPlatform(oc *CLI, platforms ...configv1.PlatformType) {
 	}
 }
 
+// SkipIfMissingCapabilities skips the test if any of the given cluster capabilities is not enabled.
+func SkipIfMissingCapabilities(oc *CLI, caps ...configv1.ClusterVersionCapability) {
+	enabled, err := AllCapabilitiesEnabled(oc, caps...)
+	o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())
+	if !enabled {
+		g.Skip(fmt.Sprintf("Skip this test scenario because not all of the following capabilities are enabled: %v", caps))
+	}
+}
+
 // GetClusterRegion get the cluster's region
 func GetClusterRegion(oc *CLI) string {
 	region, err := oc.AsAdmin().WithoutNamespace().Run("get").Args("node", `-ojsonpath={.items[].metadata.labels.topology\.kubernetes\.io/region}`).Output()