diff --git a/tests/unittests/general/webfront_test.py b/tests/unittests/general/webfront_test.py
index 325a87842e..58e085aec3 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/general/webfront_test.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/general/webfront_test.py
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ def test_remote_user_set(self, fake_session):
                 )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not nav.web.auth.ldap.available, reason="ldap module is not available"
+)
 class TestLdapUser(object):
     @patch.dict(
         "nav.web.auth.ldap._config._sections",
@@ -269,6 +272,9 @@ def fake_search(base, scope, filtr):
         },
     },
 )
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not nav.web.auth.ldap.available, reason="ldap module is not available"
+)
 class TestLdapEntitlements(object):
     def test_required_entitlement_should_be_verified(self, user_zaphod):
         u = nav.web.auth.ldap.LDAPUser("zaphod", user_zaphod)
diff --git a/tests/unittests/web/ldapauth_test.py b/tests/unittests/web/ldapauth_test.py
index 2655f1166d..6833ee086a 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/web/ldapauth_test.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/web/ldapauth_test.py
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
+import pytest
+
 from nav.config import NAVConfigParser
 from nav.web.auth.ldap import LDAPUser, open_ldap
 from mock import Mock, patch
 
+try:
+    import ldap
+except ImportError:
+    pytestmark = pytest.mark.skip(reason="ldap module is not available")
+
 
 class LdapTestConfig(NAVConfigParser):
     DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILES = []