diff --git a/integration-cli/check_test.go b/integration-cli/check_test.go
index ba86929be884881daecdc67805e5da5b4987d40e..7eb40dadb97bfd12c706c2349ed5077d13b56cdc 100644
--- a/integration-cli/check_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/check_test.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ type DockerTrustSuite struct {
 }
 
 func (s *DockerTrustSuite) SetUpTest(c *check.C) {
-	testRequires(c, RegistryHosting, NotaryHosting)
+	testRequires(c, RegistryHosting, NotaryServerHosting)
 	s.reg = setupRegistry(c, false, false)
 	s.not = setupNotary(c)
 }
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_push_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_push_test.go
index ee91abfb2f55a35107b3fbc361a9df6eaa91936a..017c612d49bb19d874f652b742ef41774a2bca21 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_push_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_push_test.go
@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@ func (s *DockerTrustSuite) TestTrustedPushWithExpiredTimestamp(c *check.C) {
 }
 
 func (s *DockerTrustSuite) TestTrustedPushWithReleasesDelegation(c *check.C) {
+	testRequires(c, NotaryHosting)
 	repoName := fmt.Sprintf("%v/dockerclireleasedelegation/trusted", privateRegistryURL)
 	targetName := fmt.Sprintf("%s:latest", repoName)
 	pwd := "12345678"
diff --git a/integration-cli/requirements.go b/integration-cli/requirements.go
index a53d546b954b6b711700e1f34a943c60a3c94b21..a55e750f6871ef0f2bd03faf7ed0a6aa585dd5eb 100644
--- a/integration-cli/requirements.go
+++ b/integration-cli/requirements.go
@@ -97,6 +97,16 @@ var (
 		},
 		fmt.Sprintf("Test requires an environment that can host %s in the same host", notaryBinary),
 	}
+	NotaryServerHosting = testRequirement{
+		func() bool {
+			// for now notary-server binary is built only if we're running inside
+			// container through `make test`. Figure that out by testing if
+			// notary-server binary is in PATH.
+			_, err := exec.LookPath(notaryServerBinary)
+			return err == nil
+		},
+		fmt.Sprintf("Test requires an environment that can host %s in the same host", notaryServerBinary),
+	}
 	NotOverlay = testRequirement{
 		func() bool {
 			cmd := exec.Command("grep", "^overlay / overlay", "/proc/mounts")
diff --git a/integration-cli/trust_server.go b/integration-cli/trust_server.go
index a8ec3181b1d441b775b7864ac11b2119423dbf0e..d54ac32f9b3bdf163b4eef7cab7d8f15aec4647c 100644
--- a/integration-cli/trust_server.go
+++ b/integration-cli/trust_server.go
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-check/check"
 )
 
-var notaryBinary = "notary-server"
-var notaryClientBinary = "notary"
+var notaryBinary = "notary"
+var notaryServerBinary = "notary-server"
 
 type testNotary struct {
 	cmd *exec.Cmd
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func newTestNotary(c *check.C) (*testNotary, error) {
 	}
 
 	// run notary-server
-	cmd := exec.Command(notaryBinary, "-config", confPath)
+	cmd := exec.Command(notaryServerBinary, "-config", confPath)
 	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
 		os.RemoveAll(tmp)
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func notaryClientEnv(cmd *exec.Cmd, rootPwd, repositoryPwd string) {
 }
 
 func (s *DockerTrustSuite) setupDelegations(c *check.C, repoName, pwd string) {
-	initCmd := exec.Command(notaryClientBinary, "-c", filepath.Join(s.not.dir, "client-config.json"), "init", repoName)
+	initCmd := exec.Command(notaryBinary, "-c", filepath.Join(s.not.dir, "client-config.json"), "init", repoName)
 	notaryClientEnv(initCmd, pwd, pwd)
 	out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(initCmd)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ func (s *DockerTrustSuite) setupDelegations(c *check.C, repoName, pwd string) {
 	}
 
 	// publishing first simulates the client pushing to a repo that they have been given delegated access to
-	pubCmd := exec.Command(notaryClientBinary, "-c", filepath.Join(s.not.dir, "client-config.json"), "publish", repoName)
+	pubCmd := exec.Command(notaryBinary, "-c", filepath.Join(s.not.dir, "client-config.json"), "publish", repoName)
 	notaryClientEnv(pubCmd, pwd, pwd)
 	out, _, err = runCommandWithOutput(pubCmd)
 	if err != nil {