diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py b/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py
index eb72528f02c..deaeee18353 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ def simple_subprocess(testcase):
     testcase.assertEquals(72 << 8, status)
 
 
+@unittest.skipUnless(threading, 'Threading required for this test.')
 class SocketServerTest(unittest.TestCase):
     """Test all socket servers."""
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 5d20ca43c5c..2065bb6e3c1 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -1385,6 +1385,8 @@ Documentation
 Tests
 -----
 
+- Issue #7449: Skip test_socketserver if threading support is disabled
+
 - Issue #8672: Add a zlib test ensuring that an incomplete stream can be
   handled by a decompressor object without errors (it returns incomplete
   uncompressed data).