diff --git a/test/openssl/test_ossl.rb b/test/openssl/test_ossl.rb
index 979669a00394e1..3a90ead10a1e9b 100644
--- a/test/openssl/test_ossl.rb
+++ b/test/openssl/test_ossl.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 require_relative "utils"
 
-require 'benchmark'
-
 if defined?(OpenSSL)
 
 class OpenSSL::OSSL < OpenSSL::SSLTestCase
@@ -44,6 +42,12 @@ def test_secure_compare
   end
 
   def test_memcmp_timing
+    begin
+      require "benchmark"
+    rescue LoadError
+      pend "Benchmark is not available in this environment. Please install it with `gem install benchmark`."
+    end
+
     # Ensure using fixed_length_secure_compare takes almost exactly the same amount of time to compare two different strings.
     # Regular string comparison will short-circuit on the first non-matching character, failing this test.
     # NOTE: this test may be susceptible to noise if the system running the tests is otherwise under load.