diff --git a/skimage/morphology/tests/test_convex_hull.py b/skimage/morphology/tests/test_convex_hull.py
index 1a8b39ef..9b948237 100644
--- a/skimage/morphology/tests/test_convex_hull.py
+++ b/skimage/morphology/tests/test_convex_hull.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def test_possible_hull():
     ph = possible_hull(image)
     assert_array_equal(ph, expected)
 
-
+@skipif(not scipy_spatial)
 def test_object():
     image = np.array(
         [[1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],