diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/RequireContainerSupportRule.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/RequireContainerSupportRule.java
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+package org.testcontainers;
+
+import org.junit.AssumptionViolatedException;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.rules.TestRule;
+import org.junit.runner.Description;
+import org.junit.runners.model.Statement;
+
+/**
+ * Junit 4 {@code Rule} that will skip the test if the docker client is not available.
+ * This rule must have a lower {@link Rule#order} specified that any other {@code Rule} that
+ * uses docker in order to skip tests, otherwise the other rules would fail first causing build failures.
+ * e.g. <pre><code>
+    {@literal @}Rule(order = -10)
+    public RequireContainerSupportRule rcr = new RequireContainerSupportRule();
+ }
+ * </code></pre>
+ */
+public class RequireContainerSupportRule implements TestRule {
+
+    @Override
+    public Statement apply(Statement base, Description description) {
+        if (DockerClientFactory.instance().isDockerAvailable()) {
+            return base;
+        }
+        return new DockerNotAvailbleStatement();
+    }
+
+    private static class DockerNotAvailbleStatement extends Statement {
+
+        @Override
+        public void evaluate() throws Throwable {
+            throw new AssumptionViolatedException(
+                "Docker support is not available and this test requires TestContainers which needs docker"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/RequireContainerSupportRuleTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/RequireContainerSupportRuleTest.java
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+package org.testcontainers;
+
+import org.junit.AssumptionViolatedException;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runners.model.Statement;
+import org.mockito.MockedStatic;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mockStatic;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+public class RequireContainerSupportRuleTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void assumptionViolationisThrownWithoutDockerSpport() {
+        try (MockedStatic<DockerClientFactory> staticallyMockedFactory = mockStatic(DockerClientFactory.class)) {
+            DockerClientFactory mockedFactory = mock(DockerClientFactory.class);
+            when(mockedFactory.isDockerAvailable()).thenReturn(false);
+            staticallyMockedFactory.when(DockerClientFactory::instance).thenReturn(mockedFactory);
+
+            RequireContainerSupportRule rcsr = new RequireContainerSupportRule();
+
+            assertThatThrownBy(() -> rcsr.apply(new EmptyStatement(), null).evaluate())
+                .isInstanceOf(AssumptionViolatedException.class)
+                .hasMessage("Docker support is not available and this test requires TestContainers which needs docker");
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void assumptionViolationisNotThrownWithDockerSpport() throws Throwable {
+        try (MockedStatic<DockerClientFactory> staticallyMockedFactory = mockStatic(DockerClientFactory.class)) {
+            DockerClientFactory mockedFactory = mock(DockerClientFactory.class);
+            when(mockedFactory.isDockerAvailable()).thenReturn(true);
+            staticallyMockedFactory.when(DockerClientFactory::instance).thenReturn(mockedFactory);
+
+            RequireContainerSupportRule rcsr = new RequireContainerSupportRule();
+
+            // any exception thrown will ripple out and fail the test
+            rcsr.apply(new EmptyStatement(), null).evaluate();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class EmptyStatement extends Statement {
+
+        @Override
+        public void evaluate() throws Throwable {
+            // no op.
+        }
+    }
+}