diff --git a/tests/tkwidgets/test_Dial.py b/tests/tkwidgets/test_Dial.py
index eda8d0591b..3f74e216d8 100644
--- a/tests/tkwidgets/test_Dial.py
+++ b/tests/tkwidgets/test_Dial.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import tkinter as tk
 import pytest
+tk = pytest.importorskip('tkinter')
 pytest.importorskip('Pmw')
 from direct.tkwidgets.Dial import Dial