diff --git a/Tests/test_imagefont_bitmap.py b/Tests/test_imagefont_bitmap.py
index a9d745b22..51da499b8 100644
--- a/Tests/test_imagefont_bitmap.py
+++ b/Tests/test_imagefont_bitmap.py
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@ from helper import unittest, PillowTestCase
 from PIL import Image, ImageFont, ImageDraw
 
 
+image_font_installed = True
+try:
+    ImageFont.core.getfont
+except ImportError:
+    image_font_installed = False
+
+
+@unittest.skipIf(not image_font_installed, "image font not installed")
 class TestImageFontBitmap(PillowTestCase):
     def test_similar(self):
         text = 'EmbeddedBitmap'