diff --git a/test/recipes/00-check_testexes.t b/test/recipes/00-check_testexes.t
index 483d8830fe196c461b7dfba20788fdc0f5a66941..3ab38c77afe65d0a999a6fc5217ec8efed5f08d9 100644
--- a/test/recipes/00-check_testexes.t
+++ b/test/recipes/00-check_testexes.t
@@ -8,13 +8,26 @@ use OpenSSL::Test qw/:DEFAULT top_file/;
 
 setup("check_testexes");
 
+my $OpenSSL_ver = "";
+my $Makefile = top_file("Makefile");
+if (open(FH, $Makefile)) {
+    $OpenSSL_ver =
+	(map { chomp; s/^VERSION=([^\s]*)\s*$//; $1 } grep { /^VERSION=/ } <FH>)[0];
+    close FH;
+}
+
 my $MINFO = top_file("MINFO");
 
 plan skip_all => "because MINFO not found. If you want this test to run, please do 'perl util/mkfiles.pl > MINFO'"
     unless open(FH,$MINFO);
 
+my $MINFO_ver = "";
+
 while(<FH>) {
     chomp;
+    if (/^VERSION=([^\s]*)\s*$/) {
+	$MINFO_ver = $1;
+    }
     last if /^RELATIVE_DIRECTORY=test$/;
 }
 while(<FH>) {
@@ -23,6 +36,9 @@ while(<FH>) {
 }
 close FH;
 
+plan skip_all => "because MINFO is not from this OpenSSL version. If you want this test to run, please do 'perl util/mkfiles.pl > MINFO'"
+    unless $OpenSSL_ver eq $MINFO_ver;
+
 s/^EXE=\s*//;
 s/\s*$//;
 my @expected_tests =