diff --git a/tests/jobs/test_dataset.py b/tests/jobs/test_dataset.py
index d45ac48aa..1f8b9b836 100644
--- a/tests/jobs/test_dataset.py
+++ b/tests/jobs/test_dataset.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
 import pytest
 
+pytest.importorskip("datasets", reason="datasets is required (install lerobot[dataset])")
+
 from lerobot.jobs.dataset import ensure_dataset_available