diff --git a/tests/test_functions.py b/tests/test_functions.py
index 0661819c..7affb8d3 100644
--- a/tests/test_functions.py
+++ b/tests/test_functions.py
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ def test_interpolateArray_order1():
 
 
 def check_interpolateArray(order):
+    pytest.importorskip("scipy")
+
     def interpolateArray(data, x):
         result = pg.interpolateArray(data, x, order=order)
         assert result.shape == x.shape[:-1] + data.shape[x.shape[-1]:]