diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h
index 1a52b03962a3f9481969dd6af6c2f5d60ed590e5..1b9d8ecdebce271ad5b643aea91f639b47c94bec 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ static inline int ksft_get_error_cnt(void) { return ksft_cnt.ksft_error; }
 
 static inline void ksft_print_header(void)
 {
-	printf("TAP version 13\n");
+	if (!(getenv("KSFT_TAP_LEVEL")))
+		printf("TAP version 13\n");
 }
 
 static inline void ksft_print_cnts(void)