diff --git a/Lib/test/test_asynchat.py b/Lib/test/test_asynchat.py
index c887cec6ae38..ccaf90781489 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_asynchat.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_asynchat.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # test asynchat -- requires threading
 
+import thread # If this fails, we can't test this module
 import asyncore, asynchat, socket, threading, time
 
 HOST = "127.0.0.1"
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_threadedtempfile.py b/Lib/test/test_threadedtempfile.py
index 5b06c18ac8bb..9aa93763e374 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_threadedtempfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_threadedtempfile.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ via cmdline switches:
 NUM_THREADS = 20        # change w/ -t option
 FILES_PER_THREAD = 50   # change w/ -f option
 
+import thread # If this fails, we can't test this module
 import threading
 from test_support import TestFailed
 import StringIO