diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/metadatabuildercontributor/SqlFunctionMetadataBuilderContributorIllegalClassArgumentTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/metadatabuildercontributor/SqlFunctionMetadataBuilderContributorIllegalClassArgumentTest.java
index 8c1c331119be..065c65cda8af 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/metadatabuildercontributor/SqlFunctionMetadataBuilderContributorIllegalClassArgumentTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/metadatabuildercontributor/SqlFunctionMetadataBuilderContributorIllegalClassArgumentTest.java
@@ -35,7 +35,13 @@ public void buildEntityManagerFactory() {
 			fail("Should throw exception!");
 		}
 		catch (ClassCastException e) {
-			assertTrue( e.getMessage().contains( "cannot be cast to" ) );
+			final String javaVendor = System.getProperty("java.vendor");
+
+			if (javaVendor != null && javaVendor.startsWith("IBM")) {
+				assertTrue( e.getMessage().contains( "incompatible with" ) );
+			} else {
+				assertTrue( e.getMessage().contains( "cannot be cast to" ) );
+			}
 			assertTrue( e.getMessage().contains( "org.hibernate.boot.spi.MetadataBuilderContributor" ) );
 		}
 	}