diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-result_data_frame.R b/tests/testthat/test-result_data_frame.R
index 28fac3226..e6d78c5ab 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-result_data_frame.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-result_data_frame.R
@@ -533,6 +533,9 @@ test_that("make_ard works if string precision is needed", {
 })
 
 test_that("make_ard works with split_cols_by_multivar", {
+  skip_if_not_installed("dplyr")
+  require(dplyr, quietly = TRUE)
+
   # Regression test #970
   n <- 400