diff --git a/t/04-run.t b/t/04-run.t
index 63ac3d6..9eb4870 100644
--- a/t/04-run.t
+++ b/t/04-run.t
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ use FindBin '$Bin';
 use Test::More;
 use App::Aphra;
 
+# Easy way to bail out if the pandoc executable isn't installed
+use Pandoc;
+plan skip_all => "pandoc isn't installed; this module won't work"
+  unless pandoc;
+
 chdir("$Bin/data1");
 
 @ARGV = ('build');
diff --git a/t/05-vars.t b/t/05-vars.t
index 69e1fd9..52f0e7b 100644
--- a/t/05-vars.t
+++ b/t/05-vars.t
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ use FindBin '$Bin';
 use Test::More;
 use App::Aphra;
 
+# Easy way to bail out if the pandoc executable isn't installed
+use Pandoc;
+plan skip_all => "pandoc isn't installed; this module won't work"
+  unless pandoc;
+
 chdir("$Bin/data2");
 
 @ARGV = ('build');