diff --git a/test/test_http_cookie_jar.rb b/test/test_http_cookie_jar.rb
index fec8440..f9a3bf3 100644
--- a/test/test_http_cookie_jar.rb
+++ b/test/test_http_cookie_jar.rb
@@ -620,5 +620,7 @@ class TestHTTPCookieJar < Test::Unit::TestCase
     #      :filename => File.join(dir, "cookies.sqlite")),
     #    HTTP::Cookie::MAX_COOKIES_TOTAL + gc_threshold)
     #}
+  rescue LoadError
+    STDERR.puts 'sqlite3 missing?'
   end
 end