diff --git a/test/test_pytools.py b/test/test_pytools.py
index 0be7356697e68711f75d40f1994fa8f2ca1563a2..f61e0e44bf3ba58fad945992e25afa7acc4315bb 100644
--- a/test/test_pytools.py
+++ b/test/test_pytools.py
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ def test_memoize_method_nested():
 
 
 def test_p_convergence_verifier():
+    pytest.importorskip("numpy")
+
     from pytools.convergence import PConvergenceVerifier
 
     pconv_verifier = PConvergenceVerifier()