diff --git a/tests/kerberos-test b/tests/kerberos-test
index c54a01b5..52f99bb0 100755
--- a/tests/kerberos-test
+++ b/tests/kerberos-test
@@ -23,12 +23,18 @@ srcdir=${srcdir:-.}
 PORT=10500
 PORT2=10501
 PORT_OCSERV=443
+
 #this test can only be run as root
 id|grep root >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ $? != 0 ];then
 	exit 77
 fi
 
+$SERV --version|grep gssapi >/dev/null 2>&1
+if [ $? != 0 ];then
+	exit 77
+fi
+
 stop_all() {
         $DOCKER stop test_ocserv_client_kerberos
         $DOCKER rm test_ocserv_client_kerberos
diff --git a/tests/test-gssapi b/tests/test-gssapi
index 0a3ed7f1..5d6be60d 100755
--- a/tests/test-gssapi
+++ b/tests/test-gssapi
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ SERV="${SERV:-../src/ocserv}"
 srcdir=${srcdir:-.}
 PORT=4449
 
+$SERV --version|grep gssapi >/dev/null 2>&1
+if [ $? != 0 ];then
+	exit 77
+fi
+
 . `dirname $0`/common.sh
 
 echo "Testing local backend with gssapi... "