diff --git a/tests/multi_net/ssl_data.py b/tests/multi_net/ssl_data.py
index e5196c81ba..036d773822 100644
--- a/tests/multi_net/ssl_data.py
+++ b/tests/multi_net/ssl_data.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 # Simple test creating an SSL connection and transferring some data
 # This test won't run under CPython because it requires key/cert
 
-import ubinascii as binascii, usocket as socket, ussl as ssl
+try:
+    import ubinascii as binascii, usocket as socket, ussl as ssl
+except ImportError:
+    print("SKIP")
+    raise SystemExit
 
 PORT = 8000