diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tools/test_freeze.py b/Lib/test/test_tools/test_freeze.py
index cca3c47f5ac..2ba36ca208f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tools/test_freeze.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tools/test_freeze.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 with imports_under_tool('freeze', 'test'):
     import freeze as helper
 
-
+@support.requires_zlib()
 @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform.startswith('win'), 'not supported on Windows')
 @support.skip_if_buildbot('not all buildbots have enough space')
 class TestFreeze(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2022-04-22-19-00-00.gh-issue-91752.Ji27dd.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2022-04-22-19-00-00.gh-issue-91752.Ji27dd.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c02c1f491cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2022-04-22-19-00-00.gh-issue-91752.Ji27dd.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added @requires_zlib to test.test_tools.test_freeze.TestFreeze.