diff --git a/test/parallel/test-icu-transcode.js b/test/parallel/test-icu-transcode.js
index 8e4176547df741..908fc98e81b938 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-icu-transcode.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-icu-transcode.js
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 'use strict';
 
-require('../common');
+const common = require('../common');
 const buffer = require('buffer');
 const assert = require('assert');
 
+if (!common.hasIntl) {
+  common.skip('icu punycode tests because ICU is not present.');
+  return;
+}
+
 const orig = Buffer.from('tést €', 'utf8');
 
 // Test Transcoding