diff --git a/test/e2e/apimachinery/BUILD b/test/e2e/apimachinery/BUILD
index 9675de0e5dc..57e600bac4c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apimachinery/BUILD
+++ b/test/e2e/apimachinery/BUILD
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/client/retry:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/controller:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/printers:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/util/version:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/framework:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/metrics:go_default_library",
         "//test/e2e/workload:go_default_library",
diff --git a/test/e2e/apimachinery/custom_resource_definition.go b/test/e2e/apimachinery/custom_resource_definition.go
index 84f4e97137a..aa18a77fd24 100644
--- a/test/e2e/apimachinery/custom_resource_definition.go
+++ b/test/e2e/apimachinery/custom_resource_definition.go
@@ -20,17 +20,23 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1beta1"
 	"k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/client/clientset/clientset"
 	"k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/test/integration/testserver"
+	utilversion "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/version"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 )
 
+var crdVersion = utilversion.MustParseSemantic("v1.7.0")
+
 var _ = SIGDescribe("CustomResourceDefinition resources", func() {
 
 	f := framework.NewDefaultFramework("custom-resource-definition")
 
 	Context("Simple CustomResourceDefinition", func() {
 		It("creating/deleting custom resource definition objects works [Conformance]", func() {
+
+			framework.SkipUnlessServerVersionGTE(crdVersion, f.ClientSet.Discovery())
+
 			config, err := framework.LoadConfig()
 			if err != nil {
 				framework.Failf("failed to load config: %v", err)