diff --git a/tests/gis_tests/gdal_tests/test_raster.py b/tests/gis_tests/gdal_tests/test_raster.py
index ed1104ed1d..a307c0b1e6 100644
--- a/tests/gis_tests/gdal_tests/test_raster.py
+++ b/tests/gis_tests/gdal_tests/test_raster.py
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ class GDALRasterTests(unittest.TestCase):
              12.0, 13.0, 14.0, 15.0]
         )
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(GDAL_VERSION < (1, 8, 1), "GDAL >= 1.8.1 is required for this test")
     def test_raster_transform(self):
         # Prepare tempfile and nodata value
         rstfile = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.tif')