diff --git a/micromamba/tests/test_package.py b/micromamba/tests/test_package.py
index 2a0d23bc67..fff710e20f 100644
--- a/micromamba/tests/test_package.py
+++ b/micromamba/tests/test_package.py
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ def test_extract_compress(cph_test_file: Path, tmp_path: Path):
     assert_sorted(names[: len(info_files)])
 
 
+# Only run this test if zstandard is available.
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not hasattr(cph.conda_fmt, "ZSTD_COMPRESS_LEVEL"),
+    reason="zstandard not available (required by conda_package_handling)",
+)
 def test_transmute(cph_test_file: Path, tmp_path: Path):
     (tmp_path / "cph").mkdir(parents=True)
     (tmp_path / "mm").mkdir(parents=True)