diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zipapp.py b/Lib/test/test_zipapp.py
index 3602b9989ae..948833b2006 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zipapp.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zipapp.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import unittest
 import zipapp
 import zipfile
+from test.support import requires_zlib
 
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ def test_create_archive_default_target(self):
         expected_target = self.tmpdir / 'source.pyz'
         self.assertTrue(expected_target.is_file())
 
+    @requires_zlib
     def test_create_archive_with_compression(self):
         # Test packing a directory into a compressed archive.
         source = self.tmpdir / 'source'