diff --git a/tests/core/test_dash_collapse_integration.py b/tests/core/test_dash_collapse_integration.py
index 96c6b9c4..bbf8cf4e 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_dash_collapse_integration.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_dash_collapse_integration.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ localhost server, asserting that:
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import shutil
 import threading
 from functools import partial
 from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, ThreadingHTTPServer
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ from unshackle.core.constants import DOWNLOAD_CANCELLED
 from unshackle.core.manifests import DASH
 from unshackle.core.tracks.track import DownloadContext
 
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(shutil.which("ffprobe") is None, reason="requires ffprobe")
+
 # distinctive parent resource for the collapse case; init is its [0, INIT_LEN) prefix
 PARENT = bytes(i % 256 for i in range(10240))
 INIT_LEN = 512
diff --git a/tests/core/test_resume_integration.py b/tests/core/test_resume_integration.py
index a3832cab..dd52a1f4 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_resume_integration.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_resume_integration.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ asserts the stale directory is wiped rather than mixed into the new download.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import importlib
+import shutil
 import threading
 from functools import partial
 from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, ThreadingHTTPServer
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@ from unshackle.core.manifests import DASH
 from unshackle.core.tracks import resume
 from unshackle.core.tracks.track import DownloadContext
 
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(shutil.which("ffprobe") is None, reason="requires ffprobe")
+
 INIT = bytes(range(100))
 PART0 = bytes([0xA0]) * 300
 PART1 = bytes([0xB1]) * 200