diff --git a/tests/gold_tests/tls/tls_bad_alpn.test.py b/tests/gold_tests/tls/tls_bad_alpn.test.py
index 6609413e6d6..06c29ca15f8 100644
--- a/tests/gold_tests/tls/tls_bad_alpn.test.py
+++ b/tests/gold_tests/tls/tls_bad_alpn.test.py
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 Ensure that handshake fails if invalid alpn string is offered
 '''
 
+# Only later versions of openssl support the `-alpn` option.
+Test.SkipUnless(Condition.HasOpenSSLVersion('1.1.1'))
+
 # Define default ATS
 ts = Test.MakeATSProcess("ts", select_ports=True, enable_tls=True)