diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/Java9ModulesIntegrationTest.kt b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/Java9ModulesIntegrationTest.kt
index fa38e6f3c50..0d4bbc4f66d 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/Java9ModulesIntegrationTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/Java9ModulesIntegrationTest.kt
@@ -82,6 +82,23 @@ class Java9ModulesIntegrationTest : AbstractKotlinCompilerIntegrationTest() {
         return destination
     }
 
+    private fun java9BuildVersion(): Int? {
+        val jdk9Home = KotlinTestUtils.getJdk9HomeIfPossible() ?: return null
+        val process = ProcessBuilder().command(File(jdk9Home, "bin/java").path, "--version").start()
+        val lines = process.inputStream.use {
+            it.reader().readLines().also {
+                process.waitFor()
+            }
+        }
+        if (process.exitValue() != 0) return null
+        val line = lines.getOrNull(1) ?: return null
+
+        val result = ".*\\(build 9(-ea)?\\+(\\d+)\\)".toRegex().matchEntire(line)?.groupValues ?: return null
+        return result[2].toIntOrNull()
+    }
+
+    // -------------------------------------------------------
+
     fun testSimple() {
         val a = module("moduleA")
         module("moduleB", listOf(a))
@@ -188,6 +205,14 @@ class Java9ModulesIntegrationTest : AbstractKotlinCompilerIntegrationTest() {
     }
 
     fun testAutomaticModuleNames() {
+        // Automatic module names are computed differently starting from some build of 9-ea
+        // TODO: remove this as soon as Java 9 is released and installed on all TeamCity agents
+        val version = java9BuildVersion()
+        if (version == null || version < 176) {
+            System.err.println("Java 9 build is not recognized or is too old (build $version), skipping the test")
+            return
+        }
+
         // This name should be sanitized to just "auto.mat1c.m0d.ule"
         val m1 = File(tmpdir, ".auto--mat1c-_-!@#\$%^&*()m0d_ule--1.0..0-release..jar")
         module("automatic-module1").renameTo(m1)