--- EV/t/00_load.t	2007/11/04 18:35:47	1.8
+++ EV/t/00_load.t	2007/11/08 16:48:54	1.9
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 $^W = 0; # work around some bugs in perl
 
 print eval { require EV            } ? "" : "not ", "ok 1 # $@\n";
-print eval { require EV::DNS       } ? "" : "not ", "ok 2 # $@\n";
+if ($^O eq "linux") {
+   print eval { require EV::DNS       } ? "" : "not ", "ok 2 # $@\n";
+} else {
+   print "ok 2 # skipped on non-gnu/linux\n";
+}
 print eval { require EV::AnyEvent  } ? "" : "not ", "ok 3 # $@\n";
 print eval { require EV::MakeMaker } ? "" : "not ", "ok 4 # $@\n";