diff --git a/tests/test_imports.py b/tests/test_imports.py
index c31c2a461f..c49aa43e9c 100644
--- a/tests/test_imports.py
+++ b/tests/test_imports.py
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ def test_imports_direct_net():
 
 
 def test_imports_tk():
+    pytest.importorskip('tkinter')
     Pmw = pytest.importorskip('Pmw')
 
     import direct.showbase.TkGlobal
diff --git a/tests/tkpanels/test_ParticlePanel.py b/tests/tkpanels/test_ParticlePanel.py
index e1498a4868..d80c0eac2f 100644
--- a/tests/tkpanels/test_ParticlePanel.py
+++ b/tests/tkpanels/test_ParticlePanel.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import pytest
+pytest.importorskip('tkinter')
 Pmw = pytest.importorskip('Pmw')
 from direct.tkpanels.ParticlePanel import ParticlePanel
 
diff --git a/tests/tkpanels/test_Placer.py b/tests/tkpanels/test_Placer.py
index 1cc146efeb..353afdf5a8 100644
--- a/tests/tkpanels/test_Placer.py
+++ b/tests/tkpanels/test_Placer.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import pytest
+pytest.importorskip('tkinter')
 Pmw = pytest.importorskip('Pmw')
 from direct.showbase.ShowBase import ShowBase
 from direct.tkpanels.Placer import Placer
diff --git a/tests/tkwidgets/test_AppShell.py b/tests/tkwidgets/test_AppShell.py
index e87889d34b..831407ed04 100644
--- a/tests/tkwidgets/test_AppShell.py
+++ b/tests/tkwidgets/test_AppShell.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import pytest
+pytest.importorskip('tkinter')
 pytest.importorskip('Pmw')
 from direct.tkwidgets import AppShell
 
diff --git a/tests/tkwidgets/test_EntryScale.py b/tests/tkwidgets/test_EntryScale.py
index f06fb036ed..496376328d 100644
--- a/tests/tkwidgets/test_EntryScale.py
+++ b/tests/tkwidgets/test_EntryScale.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import pytest
+pytest.importorskip('tkinter')
 pytest.importorskip('Pmw')
 from direct.tkwidgets.EntryScale import EntryScale, EntryScaleGroup
 
diff --git a/tests/tkwidgets/test_Floater.py b/tests/tkwidgets/test_Floater.py
index dfd470763f..45a3b0ae7d 100644
--- a/tests/tkwidgets/test_Floater.py
+++ b/tests/tkwidgets/test_Floater.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import pytest
+pytest.importorskip('tkinter')
 pytest.importorskip('Pmw')
 from direct.tkwidgets.Floater import Floater, FloaterGroup
 
diff --git a/tests/tkwidgets/test_VectorWidgets.py b/tests/tkwidgets/test_VectorWidgets.py
index fecad4cfa7..892701a149 100644
--- a/tests/tkwidgets/test_VectorWidgets.py
+++ b/tests/tkwidgets/test_VectorWidgets.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import pytest
+pytest.importorskip('tkinter')
 pytest.importorskip('Pmw')
 from direct.tkwidgets import VectorWidgets