diff --git a/backends/arm/test/tester/test_pipeline.py b/backends/arm/test/tester/test_pipeline.py
index cbe3f5f613d..28bb25d1cae 100644
--- a/backends/arm/test/tester/test_pipeline.py
+++ b/backends/arm/test/tester/test_pipeline.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 
 import logging
+import warnings as _warnings
 
 from typing import (
     Any,
@@ -226,6 +227,12 @@ def find_pos(self, stage_id: str):
 
         raise Exception(f"Stage id {stage_id} not found in pipeline")
 
+    def has_stage(self, stage_id: str):
+        try:
+            return self.find_pos(stage_id) >= 0
+        except:
+            return False
+
     def add_stage_after(self, stage_id: str, func: Callable, *args, **kwargs):
         """Adds a stage after the given stage id."""
         pos = self.find_pos(stage_id) + 1
@@ -271,7 +278,34 @@ def run(self):
                 raise e
 
 
-class TosaPipelineINT(BasePipelineMaker, Generic[T]):
+class TOSAPipelineMaker(BasePipelineMaker, Generic[T]):
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def is_tosa_ref_model_available():
+        """Checks if the TOSA reference model is available."""
+        # Not all deployments of ET have the TOSA reference model available.
+        # Make sure we don't try to use it if it's not available.
+        try:
+            import tosa_reference_model
+
+            # Check if the module has content
+            return bool(dir(tosa_reference_model))
+        except ImportError:
+            return False
+
+    def run(self):
+        if (
+            self.has_stage("run_method_and_compare_outputs")
+            and not self.is_tosa_ref_model_available()
+        ):
+            _warnings.warn(
+                "Warning: Skipping run_method_and_compare_outputs stage. TOSA reference model is not available."
+            )
+            self.pop_stage("run_method_and_compare_outputs")
+        super().run()
+
+
+class TosaPipelineINT(TOSAPipelineMaker, Generic[T]):
     """
     Lowers a graph to INT TOSA spec (with quantization) and tests it with the TOSA reference model.
 
@@ -375,7 +409,7 @@ def __init__(
             )
 
 
-class TosaPipelineFP(BasePipelineMaker, Generic[T]):
+class TosaPipelineFP(TOSAPipelineMaker, Generic[T]):
     """
     Lowers a graph to FP TOSA spec and tests it with the TOSA reference model.
 
@@ -629,7 +663,7 @@ def __init__(
             )
 
 
-class PassPipeline(BasePipelineMaker, Generic[T]):
+class PassPipeline(TOSAPipelineMaker, Generic[T]):
     """
     Runs single passes directly on an edge_program and checks operators before/after.
 
@@ -719,7 +753,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.add_stage(self.tester.run_method_and_compare_outputs)
 
 
-class TransformAnnotationPassPipeline(BasePipelineMaker, Generic[T]):
+class TransformAnnotationPassPipeline(TOSAPipelineMaker, Generic[T]):
     """
     Runs transform_for_annotation_pipeline passes directly on an exported program and checks output.
 
@@ -775,7 +809,7 @@ def __init__(
         )
 
 
-class OpNotSupportedPipeline(BasePipelineMaker, Generic[T]):
+class OpNotSupportedPipeline(TOSAPipelineMaker, Generic[T]):
     """
     Runs the partitioner on a module and checks that ops are not delegated to test
     SupportedTOSAOperatorChecks.