diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_language_module_requirement.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_language_module_requirement.rb
index 84c93aacac..dfa9922879 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_language_module_requirement.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_language_module_requirement.rb
@@ -36,10 +36,12 @@ class LanguageModuleRequirementTests < Homebrew::TestCase
   end
 
   def test_bad_python_deps
+    needs_python
     assert_deps_fail "notapackage" => :python
   end
 
   def test_good_python_deps
+    needs_python
     assert_deps_pass "datetime" => :python
   end