diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/test_excel.py b/pandas/tests/io/test_excel.py
index f21f638799e57..7af8bd12ca805 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/test_excel.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/test_excel.py
@@ -975,6 +975,7 @@ def test_read_excel_chunksize(self):
 
     def test_read_excel_parse_dates(self):
         # GH 11544, 12051
+        _skip_if_no_openpyxl()
 
         df = DataFrame(
             {'col': [1, 2, 3],