diff --git a/test/tests/haskell-stack/container.sh b/test/tests/haskell-stack/container.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 9df5935d9..3bb8c9932
--- a/test/tests/haskell-stack/container.sh
+++ b/test/tests/haskell-stack/container.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@
 set -e
 
 # stack mostly sends to stderr
-stack --resolver ghc-$(ghc --print-project-version) new myproject 2> /dev/null
+if ! stackResult="$(stack --resolver ghc-$(ghc --print-project-version) new myproject 2>&1 > /dev/null)"; then
+	case "$stackResult" in
+		*"Unable to load global hints for"*)
+			echo >&2 'skipping; stack does not yet support this Haskell version'
+			exit 0
+			;;
+		*)
+			echo >&2 'error: stack failed:'
+			echo >&2 "$stackResult"
+			exit 1
+			;;
+	esac
+fi
+
 cd myproject
 stack run 2> /dev/null