diff --git a/tests/test_agent.py b/tests/test_agent.py
index e3c3064f..40228285 100644
--- a/tests/test_agent.py
+++ b/tests/test_agent.py
@@ -817,6 +817,15 @@ def empty(m: list[ModelMessage], _info: AgentInfo) -> ModelResponse:
     )
 
 
+try:
+    import google.genai  # type: ignore # noqa
+
+    skip_gemini_test = False
+except ImportError:
+    skip_gemini_test = True
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(skip_gemini_test, reason='Need google-genai installed.')
 def test_model_requests_blocked(env: TestEnv):
     env.set('GEMINI_API_KEY', 'foobar')
     agent = Agent('google-gla:gemini-1.5-flash', result_type=tuple[str, str], defer_model_check=True)