diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/hg/tasks/install.yml b/tests/integration/targets/hg/tasks/install.yml
index c4a1aba90e..40aba5e2fc 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/hg/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/hg/tasks/install.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@
     name: mercurial
   when: ansible_facts.pkg_mgr in ['pkgng', 'community.general.pkgng']
 
+- name: install mercurial (zypper)
+  package:
+    name: mercurial
+  when: ansible_facts.pkg_mgr in ['zypper', 'community.general.zypper']
+
 - name: preserve the updated python
   command: cp -av "{{ which_python.stdout }}" "{{ which_python.stdout }}.updated"
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/hg/tasks/uninstall.yml b/tests/integration/targets/hg/tasks/uninstall.yml
index 55c5efcb8c..305a2ffd33 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/hg/tasks/uninstall.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/hg/tasks/uninstall.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@
     autoremove: yes
   when: ansible_facts.pkg_mgr in ['pkgng', 'community.general.pkgng']
 
+- name: uninstall packages which were not originally installed (zypper)
+  package:
+    name: mercurial
+    state: absent
+  when: ansible_facts.pkg_mgr in ['zypper', 'community.general.zypper']
+
 - name: restore the default python
   raw: mv "{{ which_python.stdout }}.default" "{{ which_python.stdout }}"