--- AnyEvent/t/68_poe_05_dns.t	2009/07/18 00:05:29	1.4
+++ AnyEvent/t/68_poe_05_dns.t	2011/08/12 18:41:30	1.8
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 # we avoid complicated tests here because some systems will
 # not have working DNS
 
-BEGIN { eval q{use AnyEvent::Impl::POE;1} or ((print qq{1..0 # SKIP AnyEvent::Impl::POE not found}), exit 0) } $^W = 0;
+use AnyEvent;
+
+         BEGIN { $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_LOOP_TESTS} or ((print qq{1..0 # SKIP PERL_ANYEVENT_LOOP_TESTS not true\n}), exit 0) }
+         BEGIN { eval q{use AnyEvent::Impl::POE;1} or ((print qq{1..0 # SKIP AnyEvent::Impl::POE not loadable\n}), exit 0) }
+         $^W = 0;
+      
 use AnyEvent::DNS;
 
 $| = 1; print "1..5\n";