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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_platform.py9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_platform.py b/Lib/test/test_platform.py
index 6275a6a7a3..a19556db19 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_platform.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_platform.py
@@ -65,7 +65,14 @@ class PlatformTest(unittest.TestCase):
def test_mac_ver(self):
res = platform.mac_ver()
- if os.uname()[0] == 'Darwin':
+ try:
+ import gestalt
+ except ImportError:
+ have_toolbox_glue = False
+ else:
+ have_toolbox_glue = True
+
+ if have_toolbox_glue and os.uname()[0] == 'Darwin':
# We're on a MacOSX system, check that
# the right version information is returned
fd = os.popen('sw_vers', 'r')