diff --git a/test/test_fmm.py b/test/test_fmm.py
index 2e2bfea4803b6a5f5e17a6d05379620adff09855..33d5ddada5a67acef8b1911bc7bd0011441e3b2c 100644
--- a/test/test_fmm.py
+++ b/test/test_fmm.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ else:
     (l2d_level_to_order_lookup, ()),
     ])
 def test_level_to_order_lookup(ctx_getter, lookup_func, extra_args):
+    pytest.importorskip("pyfmmlib")
     ctx = ctx_getter()
     queue = cl.CommandQueue(ctx)