diff --git a/test/test_jsonpickle.py b/test/test_jsonpickle.py
index 69b3abe..7038854 100644
--- a/test/test_jsonpickle.py
+++ b/test/test_jsonpickle.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 
-import jsonpickle
+import pytest
+jsonpickle = pytest.importorskip("jsonpickle")
 
 import numpy as np