diff --git a/test/builder_test.rb b/test/builder_test.rb
index 92a0ffe3..688af0d5 100644
--- a/test/builder_test.rb
+++ b/test/builder_test.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/helper'
+
+begin
 require 'builder'
 
 class BuilderTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
@@ -87,3 +89,7 @@ class BuilderTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_raise(Errno::ENOENT) { get('/') }
   end
 end
+
+rescue LoadError
+  warn "#{$!.to_s}: skipping less tests"
+end