--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/test/test_input.py b/test/test_input.py
+index 5443ab9..8a1d2e5 100644
+--- a/test/test_input.py
++++ b/test/test_input.py
+@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
+
+ from __future__ import print_function
+ from __future__ import unicode_literals
++import unittest
+ from tabulate import tabulate
+ from common import assert_equal, assert_in, assert_raises, SkipTest
+
+@@ -246,6 +247,7 @@ def test_numpy_record_array_headers():
+ raise SkipTest() # this test is optional
+
+
++@unittest.skip("avoid extra unnecessary deps")
+ def test_pandas():
+ "Input: a Pandas DataFrame."
+ try:
+@@ -267,6 +269,7 @@ def test_pandas():
+ raise SkipTest() # this test is optional
+
+
++@unittest.skip("avoid extra unnecessary deps")
+ def test_pandas_firstrow():
+ "Input: a Pandas DataFrame with the first row as headers."
+ try:
+@@ -285,6 +288,7 @@ def test_pandas_firstrow():
+ raise SkipTest() # this test is optional
+
+
++@unittest.skip("avoid extra unnecessary deps")
+ def test_pandas_keys():
+ "Input: a Pandas DataFrame with keys as headers."
+ try:
+diff --git a/test/test_output.py b/test/test_output.py
+index 1eb67c1..2106c88 100644
+--- a/test/test_output.py
++++ b/test/test_output.py
+@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
+
+ from __future__ import print_function
+ from __future__ import unicode_literals
++import unittest
+ import tabulate as tabulate_module
+ from tabulate import tabulate, simple_separated_format
+ from common import assert_equal, assert_raises, SkipTest
+@@ -1176,6 +1177,7 @@ def test_unaligned_separated():
+ assert_equal(expected, result)
+
+
++@unittest.skip("avoid extra unnecessary deps")
+ def test_pandas_with_index():
+ "Output: a pandas Dataframe with an index"
+ try:
+@@ -1199,6 +1201,7 @@ def test_pandas_with_index():
+ raise SkipTest() # this test is optional
+
+
++@unittest.skip("avoid extra unnecessary deps")
+ def test_pandas_without_index():
+ "Output: a pandas Dataframe without an index"
+ try:
+@@ -1222,6 +1225,7 @@ def test_pandas_without_index():
+ raise SkipTest() # this test is optional
+
+
++@unittest.skip("avoid extra unnecessary deps")
+ def test_pandas_rst_with_index():
+ "Output: a pandas Dataframe with an index in ReStructuredText format"
+ try:
+@@ -1247,6 +1251,7 @@ def test_pandas_rst_with_index():
+ raise SkipTest() # this test is optional
+
+
++@unittest.skip("avoid extra unnecessary deps")
+ def test_pandas_rst_with_named_index():
+ "Output: a pandas Dataframe with a named index in ReStructuredText format"
+ try:
--- /dev/null
+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{5,6,7,8} pypy{,3} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Pretty-print tabular data"
+HOMEPAGE="https://pypi.org/project/tabulate/ https://github.com/astanin/python-tabulate"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/astanin/python-${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+S="${WORKDIR}/python-${P}"
+
+SLOT="0"
+LICENSE="MIT"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
+IUSE="test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+RDEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+ dev-python/wcwidth[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+BDEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+ test? (
+ ${RDEPEND}
+ $(python_gen_impl_dep 'sqlite')
+ dev-python/colorclass[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+ $(python_gen_cond_dep 'dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]' 'python3*')
+ virtual/python-funcsigs[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+ )
+"
+
+PATCHES=(
+ "${FILESDIR}/tabulate-0.8.6-avoid-pandas-dep.patch"
+)
+
+distutils_enable_tests nose