https://bugs.gentoo.org/933406
--- a/t/sa_txrep.t
+++ b/t/sa_txrep.t
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ use lib '.'; use lib 't';
 use SATest; sa_t_init("sa_txrep");
 
 
-use Test::More tests => 8;
+use Test::More;
+
+my @dbmods = grep eval "require $_", ('DB_File', 'GDBM_File', 'SDBM_File');
+plan skip_all => "No db module is available" unless @dbmods;
+plan tests => 8;
 
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