diff --git a/Makefile.frag b/Makefile.frag
index 873fc0f..f9e2fff 100644
--- a/Makefile.frag
+++ b/Makefile.frag
@@ -7,3 +7,8 @@ endif
 ifneq (,$(realpath $(EXTENSION_DIR)/pthreads.so))
 PHP_TEST_SHARED_EXTENSIONS+=-d extension=$(EXTENSION_DIR)/pthreads.so
 endif
+
+# add dom extension, if available
+ifneq (,$(realpath $(EXTENSION_DIR)/dom.so))
+PHP_TEST_SHARED_EXTENSIONS+=-d extension=$(EXTENSION_DIR)/dom.so
+endif
diff --git a/tests/object_dom.phpt b/tests/object_dom.phpt
index 958016e..8d56d8c 100644
--- a/tests/object_dom.phpt
+++ b/tests/object_dom.phpt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Test V8::executeString() : DOM object passed from PHP
 --SKIPIF--
 <?php
 if(!class_exists('DomDocument')) {
-  die('skip');
+  die('SKIP ext-dom required');
 }
 require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . '/skipif.inc');
 ?>