diff --git a/t/02-pod.t b/t/02-pod.t
index 3a06a23..e989b93 100644
--- a/t/02-pod.t
+++ b/t/02-pod.t
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
 #!perl
 
 use Test::More;
+
+if ( ! $ENV{'QPSMTPD_DEVELOPER'} ) {
+    plan skip_all => "not a developer, skipping POD tests";
+    exit;
+}
+
 eval "use Test::Pod 1.14";
-plan skip_all => "Test::Pod 1.14 required for testing POD" if $@;
+if ( $@ ) {
+    plan skip_all => "Test::Pod 1.14 required for testing POD";
+    exit;
+};
 
 my @poddirs = qw( lib plugins );
 all_pod_files_ok( all_pod_files( @poddirs ) );
+done_testing();