diff --git a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
index 7f2b61efb4c..dac1a4b553e 100755
--- a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
@@ -2541,7 +2541,10 @@ skip-innodb
 skip-ndbcluster
 EOF
 ;
-
+    if ( $mysql_version_id < 50100 )
+    {
+      print OUT "skip-bdb\n";
+    }
     print OUT "nonguarded\n" if $instance->{'nonguarded'};
     if ( $mysql_version_id >= 50100 )
     {