diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index db0cf2ab5b..8aa1577b46 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
       - 2.*
+      - conditional_test_pickle*
   pull_request: ~
 
 env:
diff --git a/tests/testdata/python3/data/conditional.py b/tests/testdata/python3/data/conditional.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f607c234c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testdata/python3/data/conditional.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from data.conditional_import import (
+    dump,
+    # dumps,
+    # load,
+    # loads,
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/testdata/python3/data/conditional_import/__init__.py b/tests/testdata/python3/data/conditional_import/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..500ecbf3a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testdata/python3/data/conditional_import/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+import pickle
+
+if False:
+
+    def dump(obj, file, protocol=None):
+        pass
+
+else:
+    from functools import partial
+    dump = partial(pickle.dump, protocol=0)
diff --git a/tests/unittest_nodes.py b/tests/unittest_nodes.py
index eaa1aa6186..eabf49c8e3 100644
--- a/tests/unittest_nodes.py
+++ b/tests/unittest_nodes.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 import astroid
-from astroid import bases, builder
+from astroid import bases, builder, Uninferable
 from astroid import context as contextmod
 from astroid import node_classes, nodes, parse, test_utils, transforms, util
 from astroid.const import BUILTINS, PY38_PLUS, PY310_PLUS, Context
@@ -566,6 +566,26 @@ def test_more_absolute_import(self):
         module = resources.build_file("data/module1abs/__init__.py", "data.module1abs")
         self.assertIn("sys", module.locals)
 
+    _pickle_names = ("dump",)# "dumps", "load", "loads")
+
+    def test_conditional(self):
+        module = resources.build_file("data/conditional_import/__init__.py")
+        ctx = contextmod.InferenceContext()
+
+        for name in self._pickle_names:
+            ctx.lookupname = name
+            some = list(module[name].infer(ctx))
+            assert Uninferable not in some, name
+
+
+    def test_conditional_import(self):
+        module = resources.build_file("data/conditional.py")
+        ctx = contextmod.InferenceContext()
+
+        for name in self._pickle_names:
+            ctx.lookupname = name
+            some = list(module[name].infer(ctx))
+            assert Uninferable not in some, name
 
 class CmpNodeTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_as_string(self):