diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ttk_guionly.py b/Lib/test/test_ttk_guionly.py
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+++ b/Lib/test/test_ttk_guionly.py
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+import os
+import sys
+from tkinter import ttk
+from tkinter.test import runtktests
+from _tkinter import TclError
+from test import support
+
+try:
+    ttk.Button()
+except TclError as msg:
+    # assuming ttk is not available
+    raise support.TestSkipped("ttk not available: %s" % msg)
+
+def test_main(enable_gui=False):
+    if enable_gui:
+        if support.use_resources is None:
+            support.use_resources = ['gui']
+        elif 'gui' not in support.use_resources:
+            support.use_resources.append('gui')
+
+    support.run_unittest(
+            *runtktests.get_tests(text=False, packages=['test_ttk']))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    test_main(enable_gui=True)