diff --git a/tests/test_app.py b/tests/test_app.py
index 3c8aa9c..8525a26 100644
--- a/tests/test_app.py
+++ b/tests/test_app.py
@@ -119,8 +119,12 @@ class TestAppHandler(TestCase):
 
     def test_get_distribution(self):
 
+        try:
+            from sqlalchemy.orm import Query
+        except ImportError:
+            pytest.skip("test is not relevant without sqlalchemy")
+
         # works with "non-native" objects
-        from sqlalchemy.orm import Query
         query = Query({})
         dist = self.app.get_distribution(query)
         self.assertEqual(dist, 'SQLAlchemy')
@@ -192,8 +196,12 @@ class TestAppHandler(TestCase):
     def test_get_version(self):
         from importlib.metadata import version
 
+        try:
+            from sqlalchemy.orm import Query
+        except ImportError:
+            pytest.skip("test is not relevant without sqlalchemy")
+
         # works with "non-native" objects
-        from sqlalchemy.orm import Query
         query = Query({})
         ver = self.app.get_version(obj=query)
         self.assertEqual(ver, version('SQLAlchemy'))