diff --git a/test/functional/VM_Test/build.xml b/test/functional/VM_Test/build.xml
index 82c927b2f42..67d598d9f92 100644
--- a/test/functional/VM_Test/build.xml
+++ b/test/functional/VM_Test/build.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 	<property name="src_80" location="./src_80" />
 	<property name="build" location="./bin" />
 	<property name="transformerListener" location="${TEST_ROOT}/Utils/src"/>
+	<property name="TestUtilities" location="../TestUtilities/src"/>
 
 	<path id="build.cp">
 		<fileset  dir="${TEST_ROOT}/TestConfig/lib/" includes="junit4.jar" />
@@ -86,6 +87,11 @@
 					<src path="${src}" />
 					<src path="${src_80}" />
 					<src path="${excludeFiles}"/>
+					<src path="${TestUtilities}" />
+					<exclude name="**/attachAPI/**" />
+					<classpath>
+						<pathelement location="${TEST_ROOT}/TestConfig/lib/testng.jar"/>
+					</classpath>
 				</javac>
 			</then>
 			<elseif>
@@ -95,10 +101,15 @@
 						<src path="${src}" />
 						<src path="${src_80}" />
 						<src path="${excludeFiles}"/>
+						<src path="${TestUtilities}" />
+						<exclude name="**/attachAPI/**" />
 						<!-- 133609: ClassPathSettingClassLoaderTest failed in jdk9 -->
 						<exclude name="**/ClassPathSettingClassLoader.java" />
 						<exclude name="**/ClassPathSettingClassLoaderTest.java" />
 						<compilerarg line='${addExports}' />
+						<classpath>
+							<pathelement location="${TEST_ROOT}/TestConfig/lib/testng.jar"/>
+						</classpath>
 					</javac>
 				</then>
 			</elseif>
@@ -106,10 +117,15 @@
 				<javac destdir="${build}" debug="true" fork="true" executable="${compiler.javac}" includeAntRuntime="false" encoding="ISO-8859-1" classpathref="build.cp">
 					<src path="${src}" />
 					<src path="${excludeFiles}"/>
+					<src path="${TestUtilities}" />
+					<exclude name="**/attachAPI/**" />
 					<!-- 133609: ClassPathSettingClassLoaderTest failed in jdk9 -->
 					<exclude name="**/ClassPathSettingClassLoader.java" />
 					<exclude name="**/ClassPathSettingClassLoaderTest.java" />
 					<compilerarg line='${addExports}' />
+					<classpath>
+						<pathelement location="${TEST_ROOT}/TestConfig/lib/testng.jar"/>
+					</classpath>
 				</javac>
 			</else>
 		</if>
diff --git a/test/functional/VM_Test/src/j9vm/test/clone/CloneWeakReferenceTest.java b/test/functional/VM_Test/src/j9vm/test/clone/CloneWeakReferenceTest.java
index 265317cf64a..02b06de1137 100644
--- a/test/functional/VM_Test/src/j9vm/test/clone/CloneWeakReferenceTest.java
+++ b/test/functional/VM_Test/src/j9vm/test/clone/CloneWeakReferenceTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2001, 2012 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 2001, 2018 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 package j9vm.test.clone;
 
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
+import org.openj9.test.util.VersionCheck;
 
 /**
  * Test case to ensure that the VM is properly cloning weak references.
@@ -41,38 +42,52 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws CloneNotSupportedException {
 		Object referent = new String("foobar");
 		
 		SubWeakReference reference = new SubWeakReference(referent);
-		SubWeakReference clone = (SubWeakReference) reference.clone();
-		
-		if (clone.get() == referent) {
-			System.out.println("original and cloned weak references using the same referent (expected)");
-		} else {			
-			throw new RuntimeException("original and cloned weak references are not using the same referent!");
-		}
-		
-		referent = null;
-		
-		System.gc();
-		
-		/* At this point the weak references may not have been cleared.  In metronome, if a GC cycle
-		 * is ongoing when System.gc is called, the cycle will be finished. This GC is a 
-		 * snapshot-at-the-beginning collector.  If the GC cycle was started BEFORE referent was set
-		 * to null, then String object will not be collected and the weak references will not be
-		 * cleared.
-		 */
 
-		if (reference.get() != clone.get()) {
-			throw new RuntimeException("Referents not identical. reference.get(): " + reference.get() + " clone.get(): " + clone.get());
-		}
-		
-		System.gc();
-		
-		if (reference.get() != null) {
-			throw new RuntimeException("Reference referent not cleared: " + reference + " " + reference.get());
+		if (VersionCheck.major() >= 11) {
+			try {
+				SubWeakReference clone = (SubWeakReference) reference.clone();
+				// fail if CloneNotSupportedException is not thrown
+				throw new RuntimeException(
+						"CloneNotSupportedException is expected, but it is not thrown for JDK version: "
+								+ VersionCheck.major());
+			} catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
+				// CloneNotSupportedException is expected for JDK version >= 11
+			}
+		} else {
+			SubWeakReference clone = (SubWeakReference) reference.clone();
+			
+			if (clone.get() == referent) {
+				System.out.println("original and cloned weak references using the same referent (expected)");
+			} else {			
+				throw new RuntimeException("original and cloned weak references are not using the same referent!");
+			}
+			
+			referent = null;
+			
+			System.gc();
+			
+			/* At this point the weak references may not have been cleared.  In metronome, if a GC cycle
+			 * is ongoing when System.gc is called, the cycle will be finished. This GC is a 
+			 * snapshot-at-the-beginning collector.  If the GC cycle was started BEFORE referent was set
+			 * to null, then String object will not be collected and the weak references will not be
+			 * cleared.
+			 */
+
+			if (reference.get() != clone.get()) {
+				throw new RuntimeException("Referents not identical. reference.get(): " + reference.get() + " clone.get(): " + clone.get());
+			}
+			
+			System.gc();
+			
+			if (reference.get() != null) {
+				throw new RuntimeException("Reference referent not cleared: " + reference + " " + reference.get());
+			}
+			
+			if (clone.get() != null) {
+				throw new RuntimeException("Clone referent not cleared: " + clone + " " + clone.get());
+			}
 		}
 		
-		if (clone.get() != null) {
-			throw new RuntimeException("Clone referent not cleared: " + clone + " " + clone.get());
-		}
 	}
 
 	static class SubWeakReference extends WeakReference implements Cloneable {
@@ -80,7 +95,7 @@ static class SubWeakReference extends WeakReference implements Cloneable {
 		public SubWeakReference(Object referent) {
 			super(referent);
 		}
-		
+
 		public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
 			return super.clone();
 		}