diff --git a/lib/py/test/test_sslsocket.py b/lib/py/test/test_sslsocket.py
index 3e4b266..8951618 100644
--- a/lib/py/test/test_sslsocket.py
+++ b/lib/py/test/test_sslsocket.py
@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@
         self._assert_connection_success(server, cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_REQUIRED, ca_certs=SERVER_CERT)
 
     def test_client_cert(self):
+        if not _match_has_ipaddress:
+            print('skipping test_client_cert')
+            return
         server = self._server_socket(
             cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_REQUIRED, keyfile=SERVER_KEY,
             certfile=SERVER_CERT, ca_certs=CLIENT_CERT)
@@ -333,7 +336,7 @@
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     logging.basicConfig(level=logging.WARN)
-    from thrift.transport.TSSLSocket import TSSLSocket, TSSLServerSocket
+    from thrift.transport.TSSLSocket import TSSLSocket, TSSLServerSocket, _match_has_ipaddress
     from thrift.transport.TTransport import TTransportException
 
     unittest.main()