diff --git a/test/pom.xml b/test/pom.xml
index a0ecb62a445692bbc8e8fd3d5932ef7685a868df..931dbb0562236aef65304b315a10115e341fb09b 100644
--- a/test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/pom.xml
@@ -224,6 +224,31 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
         <!-- version specified in grandparent pom -->
         <extensions>true</extensions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>old-remoting-for-test</id>
+            <phase>generate-test-resources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <!-- we use copy as this is a dependency from outside the reactor -->
+              <goal>copy</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <artifactItems>
+                <artifactItem>
+                  <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.main</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>remoting</artifactId>
+                  <version>${remoting.minimal.supported.version}</version>
+                  <type>jar</type>
+                  <outputDirectory>${project.build.outputDirectory}/old-remoting</outputDirectory>
+                  <destFileName>remoting-minimal-supported.jar</destFileName>
+                </artifactItem>
+              </artifactItems>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/test/src/test/java/jenkins/slaves/OldRemotingAgentTest.java b/test/src/test/java/jenkins/slaves/OldRemotingAgentTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..adb17cf9ce02eb1012d560ad1cb9dbd465522460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/test/java/jenkins/slaves/OldRemotingAgentTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+/*
+ * The MIT License
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, CloudBees, Inc.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+package jenkins.slaves;
+
+import hudson.EnvVars;
+import hudson.model.Computer;
+import hudson.model.FreeStyleProject;
+import hudson.model.Label;
+import hudson.model.Slave;
+import hudson.model.labels.LabelAtom;
+import hudson.node_monitors.AbstractAsyncNodeMonitorDescriptor;
+import hudson.node_monitors.AbstractNodeMonitorDescriptor;
+import hudson.node_monitors.NodeMonitor;
+import hudson.slaves.ComputerLauncher;
+import hudson.tasks.BatchFile;
+import hudson.tasks.Shell;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
+import org.jvnet.hudson.test.Issue;
+import org.jvnet.hudson.test.JenkinsRule;
+import org.jvnet.hudson.test.SimpleCommandLauncher;
+
+import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for old Remoting agent versions
+ */
+public class OldRemotingAgentTest {
+
+    @Rule
+    public JenkinsRule j = new JenkinsRuleWithOldAgent();
+
+    @Rule
+    public TemporaryFolder tmpDir = new TemporaryFolder();
+
+    private File agentJar;
+
+    @Before
+    public void extractAgent() throws Exception {
+        agentJar = new File(tmpDir.getRoot(), "old-agent.jar");
+        FileUtils.copyURLToFile(getClass().getResource("/old-remoting/remoting-minimal-supported.jar"), agentJar);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @Issue("JENKINS-48761")
+    public void shouldBeAbleToConnectAgentWithMinimalSupportedVersion() throws Exception {
+        Label agentLabel = new LabelAtom("old-agent");
+        Slave agent = j.createOnlineSlave(agentLabel);
+        boolean isUnix = agent.getComputer().isUnix();
+        assertThat("Received wrong agent version. A minimal supported version is expected",
+                agent.getComputer().getSlaveVersion(),
+                equalTo(RemotingVersionInfo.getMinimalSupportedVersion().toString()));
+
+        // Just ensure we are able to run something on the agent
+        FreeStyleProject project = j.createFreeStyleProject("foo");
+        project.setAssignedLabel(agentLabel);
+        project.getBuildersList().add(isUnix ? new Shell("echo Hello") : new BatchFile("echo 'hello'"));
+        j.buildAndAssertSuccess(project);
+
+        // Run agent monitors
+        NodeMonitorAssert.assertMonitors(NodeMonitor.getAll(), agent.getComputer());
+    }
+
+    //TODO: move the logic to JTH
+    private class JenkinsRuleWithOldAgent extends JenkinsRule {
+
+        @Override
+        public ComputerLauncher createComputerLauncher(EnvVars env) throws URISyntaxException, IOException {
+
+            // EnvVars are ignored, simple Command Launcher does not offer this API in public
+            int sz = this.jenkins.getNodes().size();
+            return new SimpleCommandLauncher(String.format("\"%s/bin/java\" %s -jar \"%s\"",
+                    System.getProperty("java.home"),
+                    SLAVE_DEBUG_PORT > 0 ? " -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,address=" + (SLAVE_DEBUG_PORT + sz) : "",
+                    agentJar.getAbsolutePath()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class NodeMonitorAssert extends NodeMonitor {
+
+        static void assertMonitors(Collection<NodeMonitor> toCheck, Computer c) throws AssertionError {
+            for (NodeMonitor monitor : toCheck) {
+                assertMonitor(monitor, c);
+            }
+        }
+
+        static void assertMonitor(NodeMonitor monitor, Computer c) throws AssertionError {
+            AbstractNodeMonitorDescriptor<?> descriptor = monitor.getDescriptor();
+            final Method monitorMethod;
+            try {
+                monitorMethod = AbstractAsyncNodeMonitorDescriptor.class.getDeclaredMethod("monitor", Computer.class);
+            } catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) {
+                System.out.println("Cannot invoke monitor " + monitor + ", no monitor(Computer.class) method in the Descriptor. It will be ignored. " + ex.getMessage());
+                return;
+            }
+            try {
+                monitorMethod.setAccessible(true);
+                Object res = monitorMethod.invoke(descriptor, c);
+                System.out.println("Successfully executed monitor " + monitor);
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                throw new AssertionError("Failed to run monitor " + monitor + " for computer " + c, ex);
+            } finally {
+                monitorMethod.setAccessible(false);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}