diff --git a/test/filter.jl b/test/filter.jl
index 9e2f7d27c..14f2fe0d9 100644
--- a/test/filter.jl
+++ b/test/filter.jl
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using HDF5
 using HDF5.Filters
 using Test
 using H5Zblosc, H5Zlz4, H5Zbzip2, H5Zzstd
+using Preferences
 
 @static if VERSION >= v"1.6"
     using H5Zbitshuffle
@@ -241,10 +242,12 @@ using HDF5.Filters: ExternalFilter, isavailable, isencoderenabled, isdecoderenab
     @test HDF5.API.h5z_filter_avail(HDF5.API.H5Z_FILTER_NBIT)
     @test HDF5.API.h5z_filter_avail(HDF5.API.H5Z_FILTER_SCALEOFFSET)
     @test HDF5.API.h5z_filter_avail(HDF5.API.H5Z_FILTER_SHUFFLE)
-    if HDF5.API.h5_get_libversion() < v"1.14" || Sys.iswindows()
-        @test_broken HDF5.API.h5z_filter_avail(HDF5.API.H5Z_FILTER_SZIP)
-    else
-        @test HDF5.API.h5z_filter_avail(HDF5.API.H5Z_FILTER_SZIP)
+    if !Preferences.has_preference(HDF5, "libhdf5")
+        if HDF5.API.h5_get_libversion() < v"1.14" || Sys.iswindows()
+            @test_broken HDF5.API.h5z_filter_avail(HDF5.API.H5Z_FILTER_SZIP)
+        else
+            @test HDF5.API.h5z_filter_avail(HDF5.API.H5Z_FILTER_SZIP)
+        end
     end
     @test HDF5.API.h5z_filter_avail(H5Z_FILTER_BZIP2)
     @test HDF5.API.h5z_filter_avail(H5Z_FILTER_LZ4)