diff --git a/test/functional/CommandCallFunctional.js b/test/functional/CommandCallFunctional.js
index 0a19d3fb..a62d4d96 100644
--- a/test/functional/CommandCallFunctional.js
+++ b/test/functional/CommandCallFunctional.js
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
 
 const { expect } = require('chai');
 const { parseString } = require('xml2js');
-const { CommandCall, Connection } = require('../../lib/itoolkit');
+const { CommandCall, Connection, ProgramCall } = require('../../lib/itoolkit');
 const { config, printConfig } = require('./config');
+const { isQSHSupported } = require('./checkVersion');
 
 
 describe('CommandCall Functional Tests', function () {
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ describe('CommandCall Functional Tests', function () {
   describe('QSH command tests', function () {
     it('calls QSH command', function (done) {
       const connection = new Connection(config);
+      connection.add(new ProgramCall('MYPGMTOOLONG'));
       connection.add(new CommandCall({ command: 'system wrksyssts', type: 'qsh' }));
       connection.run((error, xmlOut) => {
         expect(error).to.equal(null);
@@ -68,6 +70,15 @@ describe('CommandCall Functional Tests', function () {
         // but on error sh or qsh node will not have any inner data
         parseString(xmlOut, (parseError, result) => {
           expect(parseError).to.equal(null);
+          const match = result.myscript.pgm[0].version[0].match(/\d\.\d\.\d/);
+          if (!match) {
+            throw Error('Unable to determine XMLSERVICE version');
+          }
+          if (!isQSHSupported(match[0])) {
+            // skip if QSH is unsupported
+            console.log(`XMLSERVICE version ${match[0]} does not support QSH`);
+            this.skip();
+          }
           expect(result.myscript.qsh[0]._).to.match(/(System\sStatus\sInformation)/);
           done();
         });
diff --git a/test/functional/checkVersion.js b/test/functional/checkVersion.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..692403dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/checkVersion.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/**
+ * Checks if XMLSERVICE version supports QSH.
+ * XMLSERVICE >= 1.9.8 supports QSH
+ * @param {string} version - expects sematic version i.e. 1.2.3
+ */
+function isQSHSupported(version) {
+  // maps array of strings to numbers i.e. ['1', '2', '3'] -> [1, 2, 3]
+  const semver = version.split('.').map(Number);
+  if (semver[0] === 1 && semver[1] < 9) {
+    return false;
+  } if (semver[0] === 1 && semver[1] === 9 && semver[2] < 8) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+module.exports.isQSHSupported = isQSHSupported;
diff --git a/test/functional/deprecated/commandsFunctional.js b/test/functional/deprecated/commandsFunctional.js
index 36e8815d..cfe65977 100644
--- a/test/functional/deprecated/commandsFunctional.js
+++ b/test/functional/deprecated/commandsFunctional.js
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@
 const { expect } = require('chai');
 const { parseString } = require('xml2js');
 const {
-  iCmd, iSh, iQsh, iConn,
+  iCmd, iSh, iQsh, iConn, iPgm,
 } = require('../../../lib/itoolkit');
 
 const { config, printConfig } = require('../config');
+const { isQSHSupported } = require('../checkVersion');
 
 // deprecated tests are in place to test compatability using deprecated classes and functions
 // these tests use deprecated iConn Class to create a connnection
@@ -82,12 +83,22 @@ describe('iSh, iCmd, iQsh, Functional Tests', function () {
   describe('iQsh()', function () {
     it('calls QSH command', function (done) {
       const connection = new iConn(database, username, password, restOptions);
+      connection.add(new iPgm('MYPGMTOOLONG'));
       connection.add(iQsh('system wrksyssts'));
       connection.run((xmlOut) => {
         // xs does not return success property for sh or qsh command calls
         // but on error sh or qsh node will not have any inner data
         parseString(xmlOut, (parseError, result) => {
           expect(parseError).to.equal(null);
+          const match = result.myscript.pgm[0].version[0].match(/\d\.\d\.\d/);
+          if (!match) {
+            throw Error('Unable to determine XMLSERVICE version');
+          }
+          if (!isQSHSupported(match[0])) {
+            // skip if QSH is unsupported
+            console.log(`XMLSERVICE version ${match[0]} does not support QSH`);
+            this.skip();
+          }
           expect(result.myscript.qsh[0]._).to.match(/(System\sStatus\sInformation)/);
           done();
         });