diff --git a/src/runtime/runtime-lldb_test.go b/src/runtime/runtime-lldb_test.go
index fe3a0eb90d..c74e6ef029 100644
--- a/src/runtime/runtime-lldb_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/runtime-lldb_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -25,6 +27,27 @@ func checkLldbPython(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	lldbPath = strings.TrimSpace(string(out))
 
+	// Check lldb version. The test is known to fail with 3.8 or older
+	// (see Issue #22299).
+	cmd = exec.Command("lldb", "--version")
+	out, err = cmd.CombinedOutput()
+
+	// lldb --version should print "lldb version a.b.c"
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(` ([[:digit:]]+)\.([[:digit:]]+)`)
+	lldbVersion := re.FindStringSubmatch(string(out))
+	if len(lldbVersion) != 3 {
+		t.Errorf("bad lldb --version output: %s", out)
+	}
+	major, err1 := strconv.Atoi(lldbVersion[1])
+	minor, err2 := strconv.Atoi(lldbVersion[2])
+	if err1 != nil || err2 != nil {
+		t.Errorf("bad lldb --version output: %s", out)
+	}
+
+	if (major < 3) || (major == 3 && minor < 9) {
+		t.Skipf("skipping because lldb version %v.%v is too old (need >= 3.9)", major, minor)
+	}
+
 	cmd = exec.Command("/usr/bin/python2.7", "-c", "import sys;sys.path.append(sys.argv[1]);import lldb; print('go lldb python support')", lldbPath)
 	out, err = cmd.CombinedOutput()