diff --git a/tests/policies/multi_task_dit/test_multi_task_dit.py b/tests/policies/multi_task_dit/test_multi_task_dit.py
index a371d0bc8..b4b4c104d 100644
--- a/tests/policies/multi_task_dit/test_multi_task_dit.py
+++ b/tests/policies/multi_task_dit/test_multi_task_dit.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import pytest
 import torch
 from torch import Tensor
 
+pytest.importorskip("transformers")
+
 from lerobot.configs.types import FeatureType, NormalizationMode, PolicyFeature
 from lerobot.policies.multi_task_dit.configuration_multi_task_dit import MultiTaskDiTConfig
 from lerobot.policies.multi_task_dit.modeling_multi_task_dit import MultiTaskDiTPolicy