diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-env-allowed-flags-are-documented.js b/test/parallel/test-process-env-allowed-flags-are-documented.js
index 0a6034f746784d..a60f6bbecf69cf 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-env-allowed-flags-are-documented.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-env-allowed-flags-are-documented.js
@@ -46,7 +46,14 @@ const conditionalOpts = [
       return ['--openssl-config', '--tls-cipher-list', '--use-bundled-ca',
               '--use-openssl-ca' ].includes(opt);
     } },
-  { include: common.hasFipsCrypto,
+  {
+    // We are using openssl_is_fips from the configuration because it could be
+    // the case that OpenSSL is FIPS compatible but fips has not been enabled
+    // (starting node with --enable-fips). If we use common.hasFipsCrypto
+    // that would only tells us if fips has been enabled, but in this case we
+    // want to check options which will be available regardless of whether fips
+    // is enabled at runtime or not.
+    include: process.config.variables.openssl_is_fips,
     filter: (opt) => opt.includes('-fips') },
   { include: common.hasIntl,
     filter: (opt) => opt === '--icu-data-dir' },