diff --git a/test/v4l2_compat/v4l2_compat_test.py b/test/v4l2_compat/v4l2_compat_test.py
index 8aca222..b054fe6 100755
--- a/test/v4l2_compat/v4l2_compat_test.py
+++ b/test/v4l2_compat/v4l2_compat_test.py
@@ -9,12 +9,15 @@
 import argparse
 import glob
 import os
+from packaging import version
 import re
 import shutil
 import signal
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
+MIN_V4L_UTILS_VERSION = version.parse("1.21.0")
+
 TestPass = 0
 TestFail = -1
 TestSkip = 77
@@ -90,11 +93,21 @@ def main(argv):
         print('v4l2-compliance is not available')
         return TestSkip
 
+    ret, out = run_with_stdout(v4l2_compliance, '--version')
+    if (ret != 0 or version.parse(out[-2].split()[-1]) < MIN_V4L_UTILS_VERSION):
+        print('v4l2-compliance version >= 1.21.0 required')
+        return TestSkip
+
     v4l2_ctl = shutil.which('v4l2-ctl')
     if v4l2_ctl is None:
         print('v4l2-ctl is not available')
         return TestSkip
 
+    ret, out = run_with_stdout(v4l2_ctl, '--version')
+    if (ret != 0 or version.parse(out[-2].split()[-1]) < MIN_V4L_UTILS_VERSION):
+        print('v4l2-ctl version >= 1.21.0 required')
+        return TestSkip
+
     dev_nodes = glob.glob('/dev/video*')
     if len(dev_nodes) == 0:
         print('no video nodes available to test with')