diff --git a/tests/python/contrib/test_ethosu/test_codegen.py b/tests/python/contrib/test_ethosu/test_codegen.py
index 54c235ea38ecc..e88d6a37c291f 100644
--- a/tests/python/contrib/test_ethosu/test_codegen.py
+++ b/tests/python/contrib/test_ethosu/test_codegen.py
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 # pylint: disable=invalid-name, unused-argument
+import pytest
+
+pytest.importorskip("ethosu.vela")
 import os
 import numpy as np
 import pathlib
-import pytest
 
 import tvm
 import tvm.micro as micro
diff --git a/tests/python/contrib/test_ethosu/test_networks.py b/tests/python/contrib/test_ethosu/test_networks.py
index aaad5a3a493b4..76b8512d558d3 100644
--- a/tests/python/contrib/test_ethosu/test_networks.py
+++ b/tests/python/contrib/test_ethosu/test_networks.py
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 # pylint: disable=invalid-name, unused-argument
+import pytest
+
+pytest.importorskip("ethosu.vela")
 from tests.python.relay.aot.aot_test_utils import (
     convert_to_relay,
     generate_ref_data,