diff --git a/spec/api-menu-spec.js b/spec/api-menu-spec.js
index 6c6128518b01c..4f66c935b5546 100644
--- a/spec/api-menu-spec.js
+++ b/spec/api-menu-spec.js
@@ -721,8 +721,19 @@ describe('Menu module', () => {
       Menu.setApplicationMenu(null)
       expect(Menu.getApplicationMenu()).to.be.null()
     })
+  })
 
-    it('provides working menu accelerators', (done) => {
+  describe('menu accelerators', () => {
+    let testFn = it
+    try {
+      // We have other tests that check if native modules work, if we fail to require
+      // robotjs let's skip this test to avoid false negatives
+      require('robotjs')
+    } catch (err) {
+      testFn = it.skip
+    }
+
+    testFn('menu accelerators perform the specified action', (done) => {
       const menu = Menu.buildFromTemplate([
         {
           label: 'Test',