diff --git a/tests/test_pyzstd.py b/tests/test_pyzstd.py
index e6df84a7..4474f580 100644
--- a/tests/test_pyzstd.py
+++ b/tests/test_pyzstd.py
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
-import pyzstd
-from numcodecs.zstd import Zstd
+
+pyzstd = pytest.importorskip("pyzstd")
+
+from numcodecs.zstd import Zstd  # noqa: E402
 
 test_data = [
     b"Hello World!",