diff --git a/django_dump_die/templatetags/dump_die.py b/django_dump_die/templatetags/dump_die.py
index 3be9af19624422b7c452384cb9be57fd4c6c78c9..e5fc4f5a352244514ec7547e18b8eb1befe7319a 100644
--- a/django_dump_die/templatetags/dump_die.py
+++ b/django_dump_die/templatetags/dump_die.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 """Template Tags for DumpDie"""
 
 import inspect
-import pytz
 import re
 import types
 
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@ from django_dump_die.constants import (
     INCLUDE_MAGIC_METHODS,
     INCLUDE_ATTRIBUTES,
     INCLUDE_FUNCTIONS,
+    PYTZ_PRESENT,
 )
 
 from django_dump_die.utils import (
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ from django_dump_die.utils import (
     is_magic,
 )
 
+# Imports that may not be accessible, depending on local python environment setup.
+if PYTZ_PRESENT:
+    import pytz
+
+
 register = template.Library()
 
 
@@ -135,7 +140,7 @@ def dump_object(
     # OR if direct parent is a intermediate (excluding pytz timezone objects).
     elif (
         _is_simple_type(obj)
-        or (parent_is_intermediate and not isinstance(obj, pytz.BaseTzInfo))
+        or (PYTZ_PRESENT and parent_is_intermediate and not isinstance(obj, pytz.BaseTzInfo))
     ):
         return _handle_simple_type(obj)
 
@@ -341,7 +346,7 @@ def _is_intermediate_type(obj):
     """Return if the obj is an intermediate type."""
 
     # Special handling for pytz timezone objects.
-    if isinstance(obj, pytz.BaseTzInfo):
+    if PYTZ_PRESENT and isinstance(obj, pytz.BaseTzInfo):
         return True
 
     # Handling for all other objects.
diff --git a/django_dump_die/utils.py b/django_dump_die/utils.py
index 473b5f5be2ff291f58f176c092da6194a3e7e033..07d83347f69ae90236e6fa90af5e206e8f48864d 100644
--- a/django_dump_die/utils.py
+++ b/django_dump_die/utils.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import inspect
 import linecache
 import tokenize
 
-import pytz
 import io
 import re
 from tokenize import (
@@ -24,7 +23,12 @@ from enum import EnumMeta
 
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 
-from django_dump_die.constants import INCLUDE_FILENAME_LINENUMBER, COLORIZE_DUMPED_OBJECT_NAME
+from django_dump_die.constants import COLORIZE_DUMPED_OBJECT_NAME, INCLUDE_FILENAME_LINENUMBER, PYTZ_PRESENT
+
+# Imports that may not be accessible, depending on local python environment setup.
+if PYTZ_PRESENT:
+    import pytz
+
 
 class Enum:
     """Enum faker class so an entire Enum can be dumped correctly."""
@@ -394,7 +398,7 @@ def get_obj_type(obj):
     # Special handling for certain types.
     if obj_type == 'NoneType':
         obj_type = 'null'
-    elif isinstance(obj, pytz.BaseTzInfo):
+    elif PYTZ_PRESENT and isinstance(obj, pytz.BaseTzInfo):
         obj_type = 'pytz_timezone'
 
     return obj_type
diff --git a/django_dump_die/views/example_helpers.py b/django_dump_die/views/example_helpers.py
index 13bf84dc54f5076963eff17309484fad95004f70..743aac38c972d9b07205cccbc991122d86c09600 100644
--- a/django_dump_die/views/example_helpers.py
+++ b/django_dump_die/views/example_helpers.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ to general package usage.
 """
 
 from enum import Enum
-import pytz
 import os
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from decimal import Decimal
@@ -17,8 +16,10 @@ from django.utils import timezone
 from pathlib import Path, PosixPath, PurePath, WindowsPath
 from types import ModuleType
 
-from django_dump_die.constants import ZONEINFO_PRESENT
+from django_dump_die.constants import PYTZ_PRESENT, ZONEINFO_PRESENT
 
+if PYTZ_PRESENT:
+    import pytz
 if ZONEINFO_PRESENT:
     from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
 
@@ -603,7 +604,8 @@ def dump_datetime_types():
     sample_tz_time = timezone.now().time()
     sample_dt_timedelta = timedelta(days=1)
     sample_tz_timedelta = timezone.timedelta(days=2)
-    sample_pytz_timezone = pytz.timezone('UTC')
+    if PYTZ_PRESENT:
+        sample_pytz_timezone = pytz.timezone('UTC')
     if ZONEINFO_PRESENT:
         sample_zoneinfo_timezone = ZoneInfo('UTC')
 
@@ -618,7 +620,8 @@ def dump_datetime_types():
     dump(sample_tz_time)
     dump(sample_dt_timedelta)
     dump(sample_tz_timedelta)
-    dump(sample_pytz_timezone)
+    if PYTZ_PRESENT:
+        dump(sample_pytz_timezone)
     if ZONEINFO_PRESENT:
         dump(sample_zoneinfo_timezone)