diff --git a/tests/transport/test__custom_tls_signer.py b/tests/transport/test__custom_tls_signer.py
index 3a33c2c02..e993b0338 100644
--- a/tests/transport/test__custom_tls_signer.py
+++ b/tests/transport/test__custom_tls_signer.py
@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@
 import mock
 import pytest  # type: ignore
 from requests.packages.urllib3.util.ssl_ import create_urllib3_context  # type: ignore
-import urllib3.contrib.pyopenssl  # type: ignore
+
+urllib3_pyopenssl = pytest.importorskip(
+    "urllib3.contrib.pyopenssl",
+    reason="urllib3.contrib.pyopenssl not available in this environment",
+)
 
 from google.auth import exceptions
 from google.auth.transport import _custom_tls_signer
 
-urllib3.contrib.pyopenssl.inject_into_urllib3()
+urllib3_pyopenssl.inject_into_urllib3()
 
 FAKE_ENTERPRISE_CERT_FILE_PATH = "/path/to/enterprise/cert/file"
 ENTERPRISE_CERT_FILE = os.path.join(