diff --git a/tests/accessibility/cally-atkevents-example.c b/tests/accessibility/cally-atkevents-example.c
index fabfc6f11..85e1d6175 100644
--- a/tests/accessibility/cally-atkevents-example.c
+++ b/tests/accessibility/cally-atkevents-example.c
@@ -144,7 +144,12 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   if (clutter_init (&argc, &argv) != CLUTTER_INIT_SUCCESS)
     return 1;
 
-  cally_util_a11y_init (&argc, &argv);
+  if (cally_util_a11y_init (&argc, &argv) == FALSE)
+    {
+      g_error ("This example requires the accessibility support, "
+               "especifically AtkUtil implementation loaded, "
+               "as it tries to register and remove event listeners");
+    }
 
   data1.value = 10;
   data2.value = 20;
diff --git a/tests/accessibility/cally-examples-util.c b/tests/accessibility/cally-examples-util.c
index 875d6fc0a..ea3e31aa7 100644
--- a/tests/accessibility/cally-examples-util.c
+++ b/tests/accessibility/cally-examples-util.c
@@ -115,18 +115,20 @@ _a11y_invoke_module (const gchar  *module_path,
  *
  * Basically it will load the cally module using gmodule functions.
  *
+ * Returns if it was able to init the a11y support or not.
  */
-void
+gboolean
 cally_util_a11y_init (int *argc, char ***argv)
 {
   gchar *bridge_dir = NULL;
   gchar *bridge_path = NULL;
+  gboolean result = FALSE;
 
   if (clutter_get_accessibility_enabled () == FALSE)
     {
       g_warning ("Accessibility: clutter has no accessibility enabled"
                  " skipping the atk-bridge load");
-      return;
+      return FALSE;
     }
 
   bridge_dir = _a11y_check_custom_bridge (argc, argv);
@@ -135,8 +137,10 @@ cally_util_a11y_init (int *argc, char ***argv)
 
   bridge_path = g_module_build_path (bridge_dir, "libatk-bridge");
 
-  _a11y_invoke_module (bridge_path, TRUE);
+  result = _a11y_invoke_module (bridge_path, TRUE);
 
   g_free (bridge_dir);
   g_free (bridge_path);
+
+  return result;
 }
diff --git a/tests/accessibility/cally-examples-util.h b/tests/accessibility/cally-examples-util.h
index 0245f3148..dab5926cc 100644
--- a/tests/accessibility/cally-examples-util.h
+++ b/tests/accessibility/cally-examples-util.h
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@
  * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
  */
 
-void
+gboolean
 cally_util_a11y_init (int *argc, char ***argv);