diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/OzoneManagerVersion.java b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/OzoneManagerVersion.java
index eec2ceeb5e8d..982b559c7a58 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/OzoneManagerVersion.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/OzoneManagerVersion.java
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ public enum OzoneManagerVersion implements ComponentVersion {
 
   ATOMIC_REWRITE_KEY(6, "OzoneManager version that supports rewriting key as atomic operation"),
   HBASE_SUPPORT(7, "OzoneManager version that supports HBase integration"),
+  LIGHTWEIGHT_LIST_STATUS(8, "OzoneManager version that supports lightweight"
+      + " listStatus API."),
 
   FUTURE_VERSION(-1, "Used internally in the client when the server side is "
       + " newer and an unknown server version has arrived to the client.");
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/RpcClient.java b/hadoop-ozone/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/RpcClient.java
index 35db51b3e4de..c5d0b3718f31 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/RpcClient.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/RpcClient.java
@@ -2315,9 +2315,16 @@ public List<OzoneFileStatusLight> listStatusLight(String volumeName,
       String bucketName, String keyName, boolean recursive, String startKey,
       long numEntries, boolean allowPartialPrefixes) throws IOException {
     OmKeyArgs keyArgs = prepareOmKeyArgs(volumeName, bucketName, keyName);
-    return ozoneManagerClient
-        .listStatusLight(keyArgs, recursive, startKey, numEntries,
-            allowPartialPrefixes);
+    if (omVersion.compareTo(OzoneManagerVersion.LIGHTWEIGHT_LIST_STATUS) >= 0) {
+      return ozoneManagerClient.listStatusLight(keyArgs, recursive, startKey,
+          numEntries, allowPartialPrefixes);
+    } else {
+      return ozoneManagerClient.listStatus(keyArgs, recursive, startKey,
+              numEntries, allowPartialPrefixes)
+          .stream()
+          .map(OzoneFileStatusLight::fromOzoneFileStatus)
+          .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/smoketest/compatibility/read.robot b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/smoketest/compatibility/read.robot
index 511679c56f4d..57715cda95f8 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/smoketest/compatibility/read.robot
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/smoketest/compatibility/read.robot
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ Key Can Be Read
 Dir Can Be Listed
     Execute    ozone fs -ls o3fs://bucket1.vol1/dir-${SUFFIX}
 
+Dir Can Be Listed Using Shell
+    ${result} =     Execute    ozone sh key list /vol1/bucket1
+                    Should Contain    ${result}    key-${SUFFIX}
+
 File Can Be Get
     Execute    ozone fs -get o3fs://bucket1.vol1/dir-${SUFFIX}/file-${SUFFIX} /tmp/
     Execute    diff -q ${TESTFILE} /tmp/file-${SUFFIX}