diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_posix.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_posix.py
index 2b4fdff17ad..fe0a40a1aea 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_posix.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_posix.py
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@
 
     class TestRTLD_GLOBAL(unittest.TestCase):
         def test_GL(self):
-            cdll.load('libGL.so', mode=RTLD_GLOBAL)
-            cdll.load('libGLU.so')
+            if os.path.exists('/usr/lib/libGL.so'):
+                cdll.load('libGL.so', mode=RTLD_GLOBAL)
+            if os.path.exists('/usr/lib/libGLU.so'):
+                cdll.load('libGLU.so')
 
 ##if os.name == "posix" and sys.platform != "darwin":