diff --git a/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/mozinfo.py b/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/mozinfo.py
index 7854b7726c9f..09a87c39fa36 100755
--- a/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/mozinfo.py
+++ b/python/mozbuild/mozbuild/mozinfo.py
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ def build_dict(config, env=os.environ):
     d['crashreporter'] = bool(substs.get('MOZ_CRASHREPORTER'))
     d['datareporting'] = bool(substs.get('MOZ_DATA_REPORTING'))
     d['healthreport'] = substs.get('MOZ_SERVICES_HEALTHREPORT') == '1'
+    d['sync'] = substs.get('MOZ_SERVICES_SYNC') == '1'
     d['asan'] = substs.get('MOZ_ASAN') == '1'
     d['tsan'] = substs.get('MOZ_TSAN') == '1'
     d['telemetry'] = substs.get('MOZ_TELEMETRY_REPORTING') == '1'
diff --git a/toolkit/components/places/tests/unifiedcomplete/xpcshell.ini b/toolkit/components/places/tests/unifiedcomplete/xpcshell.ini
index ce3221e31f01..69b7e959d3bd 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/places/tests/unifiedcomplete/xpcshell.ini
+++ b/toolkit/components/places/tests/unifiedcomplete/xpcshell.ini
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ support-files =
 [test_multi_word_search.js]
 [test_queryurl.js]
 [test_remotetabmatches.js]
+skip-if = !sync
 [test_searchEngine_alias.js]
 [test_searchEngine_current.js]
 [test_searchEngine_host.js]