diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/parser/compression.py b/pandas/tests/io/parser/compression.py
index 4291d59123e8b..01c6620e50d37 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/parser/compression.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/parser/compression.py
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@
 import pandas.util.testing as tm
 import pandas.util._test_decorators as td
 
+import gzip
+import bz2
+try:
+    lzma = compat.import_lzma()
+except ImportError:
+    lzma = None
+
 
 class CompressionTests(object):
 
@@ -64,83 +71,36 @@ def test_zip(self):
                 pytest.raises(zipfile.BadZipfile, self.read_csv,
                               f, compression='zip')
 
-    def test_gzip(self):
-        import gzip
-
-        with open(self.csv1, 'rb') as data_file:
-            data = data_file.read()
-            expected = self.read_csv(self.csv1)
-
-        with tm.ensure_clean() as path:
-            tmp = gzip.GzipFile(path, mode='wb')
-            tmp.write(data)
-            tmp.close()
-
-            result = self.read_csv(path, compression='gzip')
-            tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
-
-            with open(path, 'rb') as f:
-                result = self.read_csv(f, compression='gzip')
-                tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
-
-        with tm.ensure_clean('test.gz') as path:
-            tmp = gzip.GzipFile(path, mode='wb')
-            tmp.write(data)
-            tmp.close()
-            result = self.read_csv(path, compression='infer')
-            tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
-
-    def test_bz2(self):
-        import bz2
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('compress_type, compress_method, ext', [
+        ('gzip', gzip.GzipFile, 'gz'),
+        ('bz2', bz2.BZ2File, 'bz2'),
+        pytest.param('xz', getattr(lzma, 'LZMAFile', None), 'xz',
+                     marks=td.skip_if_no_lzma)
+    ])
+    def test_other_compression(self, compress_type, compress_method, ext):
 
         with open(self.csv1, 'rb') as data_file:
             data = data_file.read()
             expected = self.read_csv(self.csv1)
 
         with tm.ensure_clean() as path:
-            tmp = bz2.BZ2File(path, mode='wb')
+            tmp = compress_method(path, mode='wb')
             tmp.write(data)
             tmp.close()
 
-            result = self.read_csv(path, compression='bz2')
+            result = self.read_csv(path, compression=compress_type)
             tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
-            pytest.raises(ValueError, self.read_csv,
-                          path, compression='bz3')
+            if compress_type == 'bz2':
+                pytest.raises(ValueError, self.read_csv,
+                              path, compression='bz3')
 
             with open(path, 'rb') as fin:
-                result = self.read_csv(fin, compression='bz2')
-                tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
-
-        with tm.ensure_clean('test.bz2') as path:
-            tmp = bz2.BZ2File(path, mode='wb')
-            tmp.write(data)
-            tmp.close()
-            result = self.read_csv(path, compression='infer')
-            tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
-
-    @td.skip_if_no_lzma
-    def test_xz(self):
-        lzma = compat.import_lzma()
-
-        with open(self.csv1, 'rb') as data_file:
-            data = data_file.read()
-            expected = self.read_csv(self.csv1)
-
-        with tm.ensure_clean() as path:
-            tmp = lzma.LZMAFile(path, mode='wb')
-            tmp.write(data)
-            tmp.close()
-
-            result = self.read_csv(path, compression='xz')
-            tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
-
-            with open(path, 'rb') as f:
-                result = self.read_csv(f, compression='xz')
+                result = self.read_csv(fin, compression=compress_type)
                 tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
-        with tm.ensure_clean('test.xz') as path:
-            tmp = lzma.LZMAFile(path, mode='wb')
+        with tm.ensure_clean('test.{}'.format(ext)) as path:
+            tmp = compress_method(path, mode='wb')
             tmp.write(data)
             tmp.close()
             result = self.read_csv(path, compression='infer')