--- libmalloc/libmalloc-409.81.2/tests/magazine_medium_test.c
+++ libmalloc/libmalloc-657.80.3/tests/magazine_medium_test.c
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 //
 
 #include <darwintest.h>
+#include "../src/internal.h"
+
+#if CONFIG_MEDIUM_ALLOCATOR
 
 #include "../src/magazine_medium.c"
 #include "magazine_testing.h"
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@
 
 
 T_DECL(medium_realloc_madvise_headers, "medium realloc in place maintains madvise headers",
-	   T_META_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEDIUM_ALLOCATOR))
+	   T_META_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEDIUM_ALLOCATOR),T_META_TAG_VM_PREFERRED)
 {
 	struct rack_s rack;
 	medium_test_rack_setup(&rack);
@@ -100,7 +103,7 @@
 }
 
 T_DECL(free_end_of_region, "End of region's footer is marked dirty",
-	   T_META_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEDIUM_ALLOCATOR))
+	   T_META_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEDIUM_ALLOCATOR), T_META_TAG_VM_PREFERRED)
 {
 	// Check that the headers for the last block in a region are correct
 	// when the block has been coalesced and is using an intrusive free list.
@@ -155,7 +158,7 @@
 }
 
 T_DECL(madvise_scale_factor, "madvise_scale_factor changes window size",
-	   T_META_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEDIUM_ALLOCATOR))
+	   T_META_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEDIUM_ALLOCATOR), T_META_TAG_VM_PREFERRED)
 {
 	struct rack_s rack;
 	medium_test_rack_setup(&rack);
@@ -192,7 +195,7 @@
 }
 
 T_DECL(medium_free_deallocate, "check medium regions deallocate when empty",
-		T_META_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEDIUM_ALLOCATOR))
+		T_META_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEDIUM_ALLOCATOR), T_META_TAG_VM_PREFERRED)
 {
 	struct rack_s rack;
 	memset(&rack, 'a', sizeof(rack));
@@ -225,3 +228,13 @@
 	T_ASSERT_EQ(depot->mag_num_objects, 0, "no objects in depot after last free");
 	T_ASSERT_EQ(depot->num_bytes_in_magazine, 0ul, "no region in depot after last free");
 }
+
+#else // CONFIG_MEDIUM_ALLOCATOR
+
+// binaries are required to contain at least 1 test
+T_DECL(medium_test_skip, "skip medium tests")
+{
+	T_SKIP("MallocMedium is not compiled on this platform");
+}
+
+#endif // CONFIG_MEDIUM_ALLOCATOR