t/nntpd-tls.t | 2 ++
 t/nntpd.t     | 4 ++++

diff --git a/t/nntpd-tls.t b/t/nntpd-tls.t
index 4cf53daad8cd0325fdb7e9555ab56bc7a19906d4..49b31221f02c6cf0ec19af788010c864ba857984 100644
--- a/t/nntpd-tls.t
+++ b/t/nntpd-tls.t
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ 	plan skip_all => "$mod missing for $0" if $@;
 }
 Net::NNTP->can('starttls') or
 	plan skip_all => 'Net::NNTP does not support TLS';
+IO::Socket::SSL->VERSION(2.007) or
+	plan skip_all => 'IO::Socket::SSL <2.007 not supported by Net::NNTP';
 
 my $cert = 'certs/server-cert.pem';
 my $key = 'certs/server-key.pem';
diff --git a/t/nntpd.t b/t/nntpd.t
index 1c5ae8d7a5beaf0858620b7fc4d09655ba8b6624..fdb4bee42b639554d4c093ecb6a374c880d053fa 100644
--- a/t/nntpd.t
+++ b/t/nntpd.t
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@
 	SKIP: {
 		$n->can('starttls') or
 			skip('Net::NNTP too old to support STARTTLS', 2);
+		eval {
+			require IO::Socket::SSL;
+			IO::Socket::SSL->VERSION(2.007);
+		} or skip('IO::Socket::SSL <2.007 not supported by Net::NNTP');
 		ok(!$n->starttls, 'STARTTLS fails when unconfigured');
 		is($n->code, 580, 'got 580 code on server w/o TLS');
 	};