diff --git a/test/test-10-pnpm/main.js b/test/test-10-pnpm/main.js
index 71fe5723d..07c24b816 100644
--- a/test/test-10-pnpm/main.js
+++ b/test/test-10-pnpm/main.js
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ const path = require('path');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const utils = require('../utils.js');
 
+// ignore this test if nodejs <= 10 , as recent version of PNPM do not support nodejs=10
+const MAJOR_VERSION = parseInt(process.version.match(/v([0-9]+)/)[1], 10);
+if (MAJOR_VERSION < 12) {
+  return;
+}
+
 assert(__dirname === process.cwd());
 
 const target = process.argv[2] || 'host';
diff --git a/test/test-11-pnpm/main.js b/test/test-11-pnpm/main.js
index 3912b9018..8e70b5b26 100644
--- a/test/test-11-pnpm/main.js
+++ b/test/test-11-pnpm/main.js
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ const path = require('path');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const utils = require('../utils.js');
 
+// ignore this test if nodejs <= 10 , as recent version of PNPM do not support nodejs=10
+const MAJOR_VERSION = parseInt(process.version.match(/v([0-9]+)/)[1], 10);
+if (MAJOR_VERSION < 12) {
+  return;
+}
+
 console.log(__dirname, process.cwd());
 assert(__dirname === process.cwd());