diff --git a/ssl/test/runner/common.go b/ssl/test/runner/common.go
index fa0e6d8..f22f95a 100644
--- a/ssl/test/runner/common.go
+++ b/ssl/test/runner/common.go
@@ -445,6 +445,10 @@
 	// ClientKeyExchange message without the two-byte length
 	// prefix, as if it were SSL3.
 	SSL3RSAKeyExchange bool
+
+	// SkipCipherVersionCheck causes the server to negotiate
+	// TLS 1.2 ciphers in earlier versions of TLS.
+	SkipCipherVersionCheck bool
 }
 
 func (c *Config) serverInit() {