diff --git a/test/conftest.py b/test/conftest.py
index b98486a96..bff811774 100644
--- a/test/conftest.py
+++ b/test/conftest.py
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ def pytest_collection_modifyitems(
 
     for item in items:
         if marker := item.get_closest_marker("requires_import"):
+            force_ci = marker.kwargs.get("force_ci", True)
+            if (
+                force_ci
+                and os.environ.get("GITHUB_ACTIONS") == "true"
+                # only apply this to our repository, to allow other projects to
+                # run tests without installing all dependencies
+                and os.environ.get("GITHUB_REPOSITORY", "") == "beetbox/beets"
+            ):
+                continue
+
             modname = marker.args[0]
             if not _is_importable(modname):
                 test_name = item.nodeid.split("::", 1)[-1]
@@ -59,7 +69,10 @@ def pytest_configure(config: pytest.Config) -> None:
     )
     config.addinivalue_line(
         "markers",
-        "requires_import(module): run test only if the specified module is available",
+        (
+            "requires_import(module, force_ci=True): run test only if module"
+            " is importable (use force_ci=False to allow CI to skip the test too)"
+        ),
     )
 
 
diff --git a/test/plugins/test_autobpm.py b/test/plugins/test_autobpm.py
index 6093d999f..90ba387ce 100644
--- a/test/plugins/test_autobpm.py
+++ b/test/plugins/test_autobpm.py
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
-import importlib.util
-import os
-
 import pytest
 
 from beets.test.helper import ImportHelper, PluginMixin
 
-github_ci = os.environ.get("GITHUB_ACTIONS") == "true"
-if not github_ci and not importlib.util.find_spec("librosa"):
-    pytest.skip("librosa isn't available", allow_module_level=True)
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.requires_import("librosa")
 
 
 class TestAutoBPMPlugin(PluginMixin, ImportHelper):