diff --git a/ext/session/tests/016.phpt b/ext/session/tests/016.phpt
index 21cd0ec929b..fa179d063ce 100644
--- a/ext/session/tests/016.phpt
+++ b/ext/session/tests/016.phpt
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 --TEST--
 invalid session.save_path should not cause a segfault
 --SKIPIF--
-<?php include('skipif.inc'); ?>
+<?php
+if (!extension_loaded("session") && ini_get("enable_dl")) {
+    $dlext = (substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3) == "WIN") ? ".dll" : ".so";
+    @dl("session$dlext");
+}
+if (!extension_loaded("session")) {
+    die("skip Session module not loaded");
+}
+?>
 --INI--
 session.save_path="123;:/really\\completely:::/invalid;;,23123;213"
 session.use_cookies=0