diff --git a/test/tests/python-imports/container.py b/test/tests/python-imports/container.py
index a70826e83..8e6ad8068 100644
--- a/test/tests/python-imports/container.py
+++ b/test/tests/python-imports/container.py
@@ -4,5 +4,11 @@ import readline
 import bz2
 assert(bz2.decompress(bz2.compress(b'IT WORKS IT WORKS IT WORKS')) == b'IT WORKS IT WORKS IT WORKS')
 
+import platform
+if platform.python_implementation() != 'PyPy' and platform.python_version_tuple()[0] != '2':
+    # PyPy and Python 2 don't support lzma
+    import lzma
+    assert(lzma.decompress(lzma.compress(b'IT WORKS IT WORKS IT WORKS')) == b'IT WORKS IT WORKS IT WORKS')
+
 import zlib
 assert(zlib.decompress(zlib.compress(b'IT WORKS IT WORKS IT WORKS')) == b'IT WORKS IT WORKS IT WORKS')