diff --git a/Lib/test/test_compile.py b/Lib/test/test_compile.py
index 736eff35c1d5f2..0e670f1d7e044a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_compile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_compile.py
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@
 import types
 import textwrap
 import warnings
-import _testinternalcapi
+try:
+    import _testinternalcapi
+except ImportError:
+    _testinternalcapi = None
 
 from test import support
 from test.support import (script_helper, requires_debug_ranges, run_code,
@@ -2605,6 +2608,8 @@ def test_return_inside_async_with_block(self):
             """
         self.check_stack_size(snippet, async_=True)
 
+@support.cpython_only
+@unittest.skipIf(_testinternalcapi is None, 'need _testinternalcapi module')
 class TestInstructionSequence(unittest.TestCase):
     def compare_instructions(self, seq, expected):
         self.assertEqual([(opcode.opname[i[0]],) + i[1:] for i in seq.get_instructions()],