# HG changeset patch
# Parent 43696b7d4949fd9077b6fd9a9816f07d85bedf27

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py b/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
@@ -1586,6 +1586,7 @@ class _TestConnection(BaseTestCase):
     def _send_data_without_fd(self, conn):
         os.write(conn.fileno(), b"\0")
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(HAS_REDUCTION, "test needs multiprocessing.reduction")
     @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == "win32", "doesn't make sense on Windows")
     def test_missing_fd_transfer(self):
         # Check that exception is raised when received data is not