diff --git a/tests/test_utils_termtitle.py b/tests/test_utils_termtitle.py
index fdafb270e..7162f7acf 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils_termtitle.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils_termtitle.py
@@ -10,44 +10,67 @@ import subprocess
 import time
 import pytest
 
+import subprocess
+import time
+import pytest
+import shutil
+import os
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    shutil.which("xterm") is None or
+    shutil.which("xdotool") is None or
+    shutil.which("xprop") is None or
+    os.environ.get("DISPLAY") is None,
+    reason="Requires xterm, xdotool, xprop, and DISPLAY to be set"
+)
 def test_terminal_title_via_xterm():
+    # Create a unique title based on the current timestamp
     expected_title = f"TITLE_TEST_{int(time.time())}"
 
-    # Lancer xterm avec un titre spécifique
+    # Launch an xterm window with the specified title
     proc = subprocess.Popen(
         ["xterm", "-T", expected_title, "-e", "sleep", "5"],
         stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
         stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL
     )
 
-    # Attendre que la fenêtre apparaisse
-    time.sleep(1)
+    # Try to detect the xterm window repeatedly (race condition possible)
+    # Retry for up to 2 seconds : 20 tries in total
+    window_id = None
+    for _ in range(20):
+        try:
+            # Use xdotool to find the window ID based on the window name
+            output = subprocess.check_output(
+                ["xdotool", "search", "--name", expected_title],
+                text=True
+            )
+            window_id = output.splitlines()[0].strip()
+            break  # Found the window, exit the loop
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+            time.sleep(0.1)  # Wait and retry if not found yet
 
-    # Récupérer le WINDOWID avec xdotool
-    try:
-        window_id = subprocess.check_output(
-            ["xdotool", "search", "--name", expected_title],
-            text=True
-        ).splitlines()[0].strip()
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+    # If no window was found, kill the xterm process and fail the test
+    if not window_id:
         proc.kill()
-        pytest.fail("Could not find xterm window with expected title")
+        pytest.fail("Could not find xterm window with expected title after retrying")
 
-    # Lire le titre de la fenêtre avec xprop
+    # Use xprop to read the properties of the xterm window (especially WM_NAME)
     try:
         xprop_output = subprocess.check_output(["xprop", "-id", window_id], text=True)
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
         proc.kill()
-        pytest.fail("xprop failed on found window")
+        pytest.fail("xprop failed to read window properties")
 
-    proc.terminate()  # Fermer le xterm
+    # Terminate the xterm process now that we're done
+    proc.terminate()
 
-    # Extraire le titre réel
+    # Parse the xprop output to extract the actual window title
     for line in xprop_output.splitlines():
         if "WM_NAME(STRING)" in line or "WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING)" in line:
             actual_title = line.split("=", 1)[1].strip().strip('"')
             break
     else:
-        pytest.fail("No WM_NAME found in xprop output")
+        pytest.fail("No WM_NAME property found in xprop output")
 
+    # Assert that the window's actual title matches what we expected
     assert expected_title == actual_title, f"Expected '{expected_title}', got '{actual_title}'"