diff --git a/test/common/index.js b/test/common/index.js
index c850fb71aa7049..9f958c37aaf07f 100644
--- a/test/common/index.js
+++ b/test/common/index.js
@@ -262,6 +262,15 @@ let knownGlobals = [
   queueMicrotask,
 ];
 
+// TODO(@jasnell): This check can be temporary. AbortController is
+// not currently supported in either Node.js 12 or 10, making it
+// difficult to run tests comparitively on those versions. Once
+// all supported versions have AbortController as a global, this
+// check can be removed and AbortController can be added to the
+// knownGlobals list above.
+if (global.AbortController)
+  knownGlobals.push(global.AbortController);
+
 if (global.gc) {
   knownGlobals.push(global.gc);
 }