diff --git a/hack/make/.integration-test-helpers b/hack/make/.integration-test-helpers
index 51eb984eb0..ec76810207 100644
--- a/hack/make/.integration-test-helpers
+++ b/hack/make/.integration-test-helpers
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ test_env() {
 		HOME="$ABS_DEST/fake-HOME" go telemetry off
 
 		env -i \
+			DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS" \
 			DEST="$ABS_DEST" \
 			DOCKER_API_VERSION="$DOCKER_API_VERSION" \
 			DOCKER_BUILDKIT="$DOCKER_BUILDKIT" \
diff --git a/integration/container/run_linux_test.go b/integration/container/run_linux_test.go
index 5f8ecf5dc0..d8252e75c2 100644
--- a/integration/container/run_linux_test.go
+++ b/integration/container/run_linux_test.go
@@ -207,6 +207,11 @@ func TestRunConsoleSize(t *testing.T) {
 func TestRunWithAlternativeContainerdShim(t *testing.T) {
 	skip.If(t, testEnv.IsRemoteDaemon)
 	skip.If(t, testEnv.DaemonInfo.OSType != "linux")
+	// The daemon only passes the SystemdCgroup option to the stock runc
+	// runtime; with an ad-hoc shim name, runc falls back to the cgroupfs
+	// driver and treats the systemd-style cgroupsPath ("user.slice:docker:ID")
+	// as a literal path, which cannot be created by a rootless daemon.
+	skip.If(t, testEnv.IsRootless() && testEnv.DaemonInfo.CgroupDriver == "systemd", "alternative shims do not support the systemd cgroup driver in rootless mode")
 
 	ctx := testutil.StartSpan(baseContext, t)