diff --git a/packages/launchpad-ledger/src/ledgersigner.spec.ts b/packages/launchpad-ledger/src/ledgersigner.spec.ts
index 9a03645b..bb21f89d 100644
--- a/packages/launchpad-ledger/src/ledgersigner.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/launchpad-ledger/src/ledgersigner.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@ import {
 import { assert, sleep } from "@cosmjs/utils";
 
 import { LedgerSigner } from "./ledgersigner";
-import { pendingWithoutLedger, pendingWithoutLedgerInteractive, wasmd } from "./testutils.spec";
+import {
+  pendingWithoutLedger,
+  pendingWithoutLedgerInteractive,
+  pendingWithoutWasmd,
+  wasmd,
+} from "./testutils.spec";
 
 const interactiveTimeout = 120_000;
 
@@ -114,6 +119,7 @@ describe("LedgerSigner", () => {
       "creates signature accepted by launchpad backend",
       async () => {
         pendingWithoutLedgerInteractive();
+        pendingWithoutWasmd();
         const signer = new LedgerSigner({
           testModeAllowed: true,
           hdPaths: [makeCosmoshubPath(0), makeCosmoshubPath(1), makeCosmoshubPath(10)],
diff --git a/packages/launchpad-ledger/src/testutils.spec.ts b/packages/launchpad-ledger/src/testutils.spec.ts
index 598501a3..9ef1871d 100644
--- a/packages/launchpad-ledger/src/testutils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/launchpad-ledger/src/testutils.spec.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ export function pendingWithoutLedgerInteractive(): void {
   }
 }
 
+export function wasmdEnabled(): boolean {
+  return !!process.env.WASMD_ENABLED;
+}
+
+export function pendingWithoutWasmd(): void {
+  if (!wasmdEnabled()) {
+    return pending("Set WASMD_ENABLED to enable Wasmd based tests");
+  }
+}
+
 export const wasmd = {
   endpoint: "http://localhost:1317",
   chainId: "testing",