diff --git a/test/test_buffer.py b/test/test_buffer.py
index c8e283d..db6cbb3 100644
--- a/test/test_buffer.py
+++ b/test/test_buffer.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import io
+import platform
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ def test_buffer_close():
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('compression', [
     'gzip',
     'snappy',
-    pytest.mark.skipif("sys.version_info < (2,7)")('lz4'), # lz4tools does not work on py26
+    pytest.mark.skipif(platform.python_implementation() == 'PyPy',
+                       reason='python-lz4 crashes on older versions of pypy')('lz4'),
 ])
 def test_compressed_buffer_close(compression):
     records = MessageSetBuffer(io.BytesIO(), 100000, compression_type=compression)
diff --git a/test/test_codec.py b/test/test_codec.py
index 906b53c..d31fc86 100644
--- a/test/test_codec.py
+++ b/test/test_codec.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import platform
 import struct
 
 import pytest
@@ -80,7 +83,8 @@ def test_snappy_encode_xerial():
     assert compressed == to_ensure
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(not has_lz4(), reason="LZ4 not available")
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not has_lz4() or platform.python_implementation() == 'PyPy',
+                    reason="python-lz4 crashes on old versions of pypy")
 def test_lz4():
     for i in xrange(1000):
         b1 = random_string(100).encode('utf-8')
@@ -89,7 +93,8 @@ def test_lz4():
         assert b1 == b2
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(not has_lz4(), reason="LZ4 not available")
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not has_lz4() or platform.python_implementation() == 'PyPy',
+                    reason="python-lz4 crashes on old versions of pypy")
 def test_lz4_old():
     for i in xrange(1000):
         b1 = random_string(100).encode('utf-8')
@@ -98,8 +103,8 @@ def test_lz4_old():
         assert b1 == b2
 
 
-@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="lz4tools library doesnt support incremental decompression")
-@pytest.mark.skipif(not has_lz4(), reason="LZ4 not available")
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not has_lz4() or platform.python_implementation() == 'PyPy',
+                    reason="python-lz4 crashes on old versions of pypy")
 def test_lz4_incremental():
     for i in xrange(1000):
         # lz4 max single block size is 4MB
diff --git a/test/test_producer.py b/test/test_producer.py
index 136d85f..54b9db2 100644
--- a/test/test_producer.py
+++ b/test/test_producer.py
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ def test_end_to_end(kafka_broker, compression):
         # LZ4 requires 0.8.2
         if version() < (0, 8, 2):
             return
-        # LZ4 python libs don't work on python2.6
-        elif sys.version_info < (2, 7):
+        # python-lz4 crashes on older versions of pypy
+        elif platform.python_implementation() == 'PyPy':
             return
 
     connect_str = 'localhost:' + str(kafka_broker.port)