diff --git a/tests/basics/bytes_count.py b/tests/basics/bytes_count.py
index 95bcfe310e..5fa0730f5c 100644
--- a/tests/basics/bytes_count.py
+++ b/tests/basics/bytes_count.py
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+try:
+    bytes.count
+except AttributeError:
+    print("SKIP")
+    raise SystemExit
+
 print(b"".count(b""))
 print(b"".count(b"a"))
 print(b"a".count(b""))
diff --git a/tests/basics/string_count.py b/tests/basics/string_count.py
index 462ccb8299..8fb5c98f82 100644
--- a/tests/basics/string_count.py
+++ b/tests/basics/string_count.py
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+try:
+    str.count
+except AttributeError:
+    print("SKIP")
+    raise SystemExit
+
 print("".count(""))
 print("".count("a"))
 print("a".count(""))
diff --git a/tests/misc/features.py b/tests/misc/features.py
index 3efb476abb..874945bfcf 100644
--- a/tests/misc/features.py
+++ b/tests/misc/features.py
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+try:
+    str.count
+except AttributeError:
+    print("SKIP")
+    raise SystemExit
+
 # mad.py
 # Alf Clement 27-Mar-2014
 #