diff --git a/Lib/test/test_curses.py b/Lib/test/test_curses.py
index c1ad23b456e206..4bdc2379fd1edf 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_curses.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_curses.py
@@ -1167,6 +1167,7 @@ def test_issue13051(self):
 
 class MiscTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
+    @requires_curses_func('update_lines_cols')
     def test_update_lines_cols(self):
         curses.update_lines_cols()
         lines, cols = curses.LINES, curses.COLS