diff --git a/test/integration/test_data_manager_table_reload.py b/test/integration/test_data_manager_table_reload.py
index e90cdc5ec941..18196c620d72 100644
--- a/test/integration/test_data_manager_table_reload.py
+++ b/test/integration/test_data_manager_table_reload.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 import shutil
 import string
 import tempfile
+
+from nose.plugins.skip import SkipTest
+
 from base import integration_util
 from base.populators import DatasetPopulator
 
@@ -55,6 +58,10 @@ def setUp(self):
 
     @classmethod
     def handle_galaxy_config_kwds(cls, config):
+        try:
+            import watchdog
+        except ImportError:
+            raise SkipTest("watchdog library is not available")
         cls.username = cls.get_secure_ascii_digits()
         cls.conda_tmp_prefix = tempfile.mkdtemp()
         cls.shed_tools_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()