diff --git a/tests/test_track_output/test_track_output.py b/tests/test_track_output/test_track_output.py
index 4600c89315..0e7674154c 100644
--- a/tests/test_track_output/test_track_output.py
+++ b/tests/test_track_output/test_track_output.py
@@ -3,26 +3,32 @@
 import os
 from subprocess import Popen, STDOUT, PIPE, call
 import filecmp
-from nose_mpi import NoseMPI
 import glob
 
+from nose.plugins.skip import SkipTest
+
+from nose_mpi import NoseMPI
+
 pwd = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 
-def setup(): 
+
+def setup():
     os.putenv('PWD', pwd)
     os.chdir(pwd)
 
+
 def test_run():
     openmc_path = pwd + '/../../src/openmc'
     if int(NoseMPI.mpi_np) > 0:
         proc = Popen([NoseMPI.mpi_exec, '-np', NoseMPI.mpi_np, openmc_path],
-               stderr=STDOUT, stdout=PIPE)
+                     stderr=STDOUT, stdout=PIPE)
     else:
         proc = Popen([openmc_path], stderr=STDOUT, stdout=PIPE)
     returncode = proc.wait()
     print(proc.communicate()[0])
     assert returncode == 0
 
+
 def test_created_outputs():
     outputs = [glob.glob(''.join((pwd, '/track_1_1_1.*')))]
     outputs.append(glob.glob(''.join((pwd, '/track_1_1_2.*'))))
@@ -30,7 +36,15 @@ def test_created_outputs():
         assert len(files) == 1
         assert files[0].endswith('binary') or files[0].endswith('h5')
 
+
 def test_outputs():
+    # If vtk python module is not available, we can't run track.py so skip this
+    # test
+    try:
+        import vtk
+    except ImportError:
+        raise SkipTest
+
     call(['../../src/utils/track.py', '-o', 'poly'] +
          glob.glob(''.join((pwd, '/track*'))))
     poly = ''.join((pwd, '/poly.pvtp'))
@@ -41,6 +55,7 @@ def test_outputs():
         os.rename('poly.pvtp', 'error_poly.pvtp')
     assert compare
 
+
 def teardown():
     temp_files = glob.glob(''.join((pwd, '/statepoint*')))
     temp_files = temp_files + glob.glob(''.join((pwd, '/track*')))