--- a/tests/test-convert-darcs	Fri Nov 09 20:21:35 2007 -0200
+++ b/tests/test-convert-darcs	Fri Nov 09 20:21:35 2007 -0200
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@
 DARCS_EMAIL='test@example.org'; export DARCS_EMAIL
 HOME=do_not_use_HOME_darcs; export HOME
 
+# skip if we can't import elementtree
+mkdir dummy
+mkdir dummy/_darcs
+if hg convert dummy 2>&1 | grep ElementTree > /dev/null; then
+    echo 'hghave: missing feature: elementtree module'
+    exit 80
+fi
+
 echo % initialize darcs repo
 mkdir darcs-repo
 cd darcs-repo