diff -r 1e99ba6b7c98 Lib/test/test_coroutines.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_coroutines.py	Thu Oct 08 09:55:49 2015 -0700
+++ b/Lib/test/test_coroutines.py	Sat Oct 10 15:46:57 2015 -0700
@@ -1322,7 +1322,10 @@
 class CoroAsyncIOCompatTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_asyncio_1(self):
-        import asyncio
+        try:
+            import asyncio
+        except ImportError:
+            raise unittest.SkipTest('cannot import asyncio -- skipping')
 
         class MyException(Exception):
             pass