diff --git a/test/test_jax.py b/test/test_jax.py
index dc93857fadf4ea1103a705800a8cf93299c61f1d..5214735e17a3f0a67b6510881bf295c355944931 100644
--- a/test/test_jax.py
+++ b/test/test_jax.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 import pytest
 import numpy as np
 import pytato as pt
+
+pytest.importorskip("jax")
 from jax.config import config
 config.update("jax_enable_x64", True)