diff --git a/test/apiv2/20-containers.at b/test/apiv2/20-containers.at
index 0723a8a860..770adecd73 100644
--- a/test/apiv2/20-containers.at
+++ b/test/apiv2/20-containers.at
@@ -235,12 +235,21 @@ t GET libpod/images/newrepo:v1/json 200 \
 # Commit a new image w/ full parameters
 cparam="repo=newrepo&tag=v2&comment=bar&author=eric"
 cparam="$cparam&format=docker&changes=CMD=/bin/foo"
-t POST "libpod/commit?container=${cid:0:12}&$cparam&pause=true" 200
-t GET libpod/images/newrepo:v2/json 200 \
-  .RepoTags[0]=localhost/newrepo:v2	\
-  .Author=eric \
-  .Comment=bar \
-  .Config.Cmd[-1]="/bin/foo"
+
+if root || have_cgroupsv2; then
+    t POST "libpod/commit?container=${cid:0:12}&$cparam&pause=true" 200
+    t GET libpod/images/newrepo:v2/json 200 \
+      .RepoTags[0]=localhost/newrepo:v2	\
+      .Author=eric \
+      .Comment=bar \
+      .Config.Cmd[-1]="/bin/foo"
+    t DELETE images/localhost/newrepo:v2?force=true 200
+else
+    # cgroupsv1 rootless : pause is not supported in cgroups v1 rootless
+    t POST "libpod/commit?container=${cid:0:12}&$cparam&pause=true" 500 \
+      .cause="this container does not have a cgroup" \
+      .message~".*pause containers on rootless containers with cgroup V1"
+fi
 
 # Create a container for testing the container initializing later
 podman create -t -i --name myctr $IMAGE ls
@@ -281,7 +290,6 @@ t GET containers/myctr/json 200 \
 
 t DELETE images/localhost/newrepo:latest?force=true 200
 t DELETE images/localhost/newrepo:v1?force=true 200
-t DELETE images/localhost/newrepo:v2?force=true 200
 t DELETE libpod/containers/$cid?force=true 200 .[0].Id=$cid
 t DELETE libpod/containers/myctr 200
 t DELETE libpod/containers/bogus 404
@@ -641,11 +649,14 @@ t GET containers/status-test/json 200 .State.Status="created"
 podman start status-test
 t GET containers/status-test/json 200 .State.Status="running"
 
-podman pause status-test
-t GET containers/status-test/json 200 .State.Status="paused"
+# cgroupsv1 rootless : pause and unpause are not supported in cgroups v1 rootless
+if root || have_cgroupsv2; then
+    podman pause status-test
+    t GET containers/status-test/json 200 .State.Status="paused"
 
-podman unpause status-test
-t GET containers/status-test/json 200 .State.Status="running"
+    podman unpause status-test
+    t GET containers/status-test/json 200 .State.Status="running"
+fi
 
 podman stop status-test &
 sleep 1
@@ -676,12 +687,20 @@ if root; then
   echo '{"Memory":{"Limit":500000}, "CPU":{"Shares":123}}' >${TMPD}/update.json
   t POST libpod/containers/updateCtr/update ${TMPD}/update.json 201
 
+  cgroupPath=/sys/fs/cgroup/cpu.weight
+  # 002 is the byte length
+  cpu_weight_expect=$'\001\0025'
+  if ! have_cgroupsv2; then
+    cgroupPath=/sys/fs/cgroup/cpu/cpu.shares
+    # 004 is the byte length
+    cpu_weight_expect=$'\001\004123'
+  fi
+
   # Verify
-  echo '{ "AttachStdout":true,"Cmd":["cat","/sys/fs/cgroup/cpu.weight"]}' >${TMPD}/exec.json
+  echo '{ "AttachStdout":true,"Cmd":["cat", "'$cgroupPath'"]}' >${TMPD}/exec.json
   t POST containers/updateCtr/exec ${TMPD}/exec.json 201 .Id~[0-9a-f]\\{64\\}
   eid=$(jq -r '.Id' <<<"$output")
-  # 002 is the byte length
-  t POST exec/$eid/start 200 $'\001\0025'
+  t POST exec/$eid/start 200 $cpu_weight_expect
 
   podman rm -f updateCtr
 fi
diff --git a/test/apiv2/25-containersMore.at b/test/apiv2/25-containersMore.at
index 5198f988b1..d9c9fa0160 100644
--- a/test/apiv2/25-containersMore.at
+++ b/test/apiv2/25-containersMore.at
@@ -16,18 +16,28 @@ t GET libpod/containers/nonesuch/exists 404
 # Check container foo exists
 t GET libpod/containers/foo/exists 204
 
-# Pause the container
-t POST libpod/containers/foo/pause 204
+# Pause and Unpause the container
+if root || have_cgroupsv2; then
+    t POST libpod/containers/foo/pause 204
 
-t GET libpod/containers/foo/json 200 \
-  .Id~[0-9a-f]\\{64\\} \
-  .State.Status=paused \
-  .ImageName=$IMAGE \
-  .Config.Cmd[0]=top \
-  .Name=foo
+    t GET libpod/containers/foo/json 200 \
+      .Id~[0-9a-f]\\{64\\} \
+      .State.Status=paused \
+      .ImageName=$IMAGE \
+      .Config.Cmd[0]=top \
+      .Name=foo
 
-# Unpause the container
-t POST libpod/containers/foo/unpause 204
+    t POST libpod/containers/foo/unpause 204
+else
+    # cgroupsv1 rootless : pause and unpause are not supported in cgroups v1 rootless
+    t POST libpod/containers/foo/pause 500 \
+      .cause="this container does not have a cgroup" \
+      .message~".*pause containers on rootless containers with cgroup V1"
+
+    t POST libpod/containers/foo/unpause 500 \
+      .cause="container state improper" \
+      .message~".*is not paused, can't unpause: container state improper"
+fi
 
 t GET libpod/containers/foo/json 200 \
   .Id~[0-9a-f]\\{64\\} \
diff --git a/test/apiv2/40-pods.at b/test/apiv2/40-pods.at
index decfad440c..b50cb1686e 100644
--- a/test/apiv2/40-pods.at
+++ b/test/apiv2/40-pods.at
@@ -108,21 +108,28 @@ t POST libpod/pods/bar/stop?t=1 200 \
 
 t POST libpod/pods/bar/start 200
 
-t GET libpod/pods/stats?all=true 200
-is $(jq '. | length' <<<"$output") 3 "stats?all=true: number of records found"
+if root || have_cgroupsv2; then
+    t GET libpod/pods/stats?all=true 200
+    is $(jq '. | length' <<<"$output") 3 "stats?all=true: number of records found"
 
-t GET libpod/pods/stats?namesOrIDs=foo 200
-is $(jq '. | length' <<<"$output") 1 "stats?namesOrIDs=foo: number of records found"
+    t GET libpod/pods/stats?namesOrIDs=foo 200
+    is $(jq '. | length' <<<"$output") 1 "stats?namesOrIDs=foo: number of records found"
 
-t GET libpod/pods/stats?namesOrIDs=fakename 404 \
-  .cause="no such pod" \
-  .message="unable to get list of pods: no pod with name or ID fakename found: no such pod"
+    t GET libpod/pods/stats?namesOrIDs=fakename 404 \
+      .cause="no such pod" \
+      .message="unable to get list of pods: no pod with name or ID fakename found: no such pod"
 
-t GET "libpod/pods/stats?all=true&namesOrIDs=foo" 500 \
-  .cause="--all, --latest and arguments cannot be used together" \
-  .message="--all, --latest and arguments cannot be used together"
+    t GET "libpod/pods/stats?all=true&namesOrIDs=foo" 500 \
+      .cause="--all, --latest and arguments cannot be used together" \
+      .message="--all, --latest and arguments cannot be used together"
 
-t DELETE  libpod/pods/bar?force=true 200
+    t DELETE  libpod/pods/bar?force=true 200
+else
+    # Rootless cgroupsv1 : libpod/pods/stats is unsupported
+    t GET libpod/pods/stats?all=true 500 \
+      .cause="pod stats is not supported in rootless mode without cgroups v2" \
+      .message~"pod stats is not supported in rootless mode without cgroups v2"
+fi
 
 # test the fake name
 t GET libpod/pods/fakename/top 404 \
@@ -154,7 +161,10 @@ t DELETE  libpod/pods/foo 200
 t DELETE "libpod/pods/foo (pod has already been deleted)" 404
 
 # Expect this to time out
-APIV2_TEST_EXPECT_TIMEOUT=5 t GET "libpod/pods/stats?stream=true&delay=1" 999
+if root || have_cgroupsv2; then
+    # Rootless cgroupsv1 : libpod/pods/stats is unsupported
+    APIV2_TEST_EXPECT_TIMEOUT=5 t GET "libpod/pods/stats?stream=true&delay=1" 999
+fi
 
 podman pod create --name=specgen