diff --git a/tests/python/test_demos.py b/tests/python/test_demos.py
index 7b5b1b19a9fc..b87317c4730c 100644
--- a/tests/python/test_demos.py
+++ b/tests/python/test_demos.py
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ def test_aft_demo():
     os.remove('aft_model.json')
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(**tm.no_matplotlib())
 def test_callbacks_demo():
     script = os.path.join(PYTHON_DEMO_DIR, 'callbacks.py')
     cmd = ['python', script, '--plot=0']