diff --git a/test/units/modules/network/aci/test_aci_rest.py b/test/units/modules/network/aci/test_aci_rest.py
index b1a01fdb99f..373a4d662ac 100644
--- a/test/units/modules/network/aci/test_aci_rest.py
+++ b/test/units/modules/network/aci/test_aci_rest.py
@@ -25,9 +25,12 @@ from ansible.modules.network.aci.aci_rest import aci_response
 
 from nose.plugins.skip import SkipTest
 
-from lxml import etree
-if sys.version_info >= (2, 7):
-    from xmljson import cobra
+try:
+    from lxml import etree
+    if sys.version_info >= (2, 7):
+        from xmljson import cobra
+except ImportError:
+    raise SkipTest("aci Ansible modules require the lxml and xmljson Python libraries")
 
 
 class AciRest(unittest.TestCase):