diff --git a/tests/virschematest.c b/tests/virschematest.c
index 4c348d9909..d1bcdeac9c 100644
--- a/tests/virschematest.c
+++ b/tests/virschematest.c
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ testSchemaDir(const char *schema,
     while ((rc = virDirRead(dir, &ent, dir_path)) > 0) {
         if (!virFileHasSuffix(ent->d_name, ".xml"))
             continue;
+        if (ent->d_name[0] == '.')
+            continue;
 
         if (virAsprintf(&xml_path, "%s/%s", dir_path, ent->d_name) < 0)
             goto cleanup;