diff --git a/test/wlang_test.rb b/test/wlang_test.rb
index 8baf5400..9b3e4467 100644
--- a/test/wlang_test.rb
+++ b/test/wlang_test.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 require File.expand_path('../helper', __FILE__)
+
+begin
 require 'wlang'
 
 class WLangTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
@@ -61,4 +63,8 @@ class WLangTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_body "WLang Layout!\nHello World"
   end
 
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
+
+rescue LoadError
+  warn "#{$!.to_s}: skipping wlang tests"
+end