diff --git a/jplephem/test.py b/jplephem/test.py
index 8cee8c5..fea542a 100644
--- a/jplephem/test.py
+++ b/jplephem/test.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ smaller and more feature-oriented suite can be run with::
     python -m unittest discover jplephem
 
 """
+import mmap
 import numpy as np
 import sys
 import tempfile
@@ -188,6 +189,22 @@ class TestDAFRealFile(TestDAFBytesIO):
         return f
 
 
+def fake_mmap_that_raises_OSError(*args, **kw):
+    raise OSError('mmap() not supported on this platform')
+
+class TestDAFRealFileWithoutMMap(TestDAFRealFile):
+    # Where "Real" = "written to disk with a real file descriptor
+    # instead of an in-memory BytesIO".  And we turn off mmap() to
+    # simulate platforms like pyodide.
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.mmap = mmap.mmap
+        mmap.mmap = fake_mmap_that_raises_OSError
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        mmap.mmap = self.mmap
+
+
 class _CommonTests(object):
 
     def check0(self, xyz, xyzdot=None):