diff --git a/test/common.js b/test/common.js
index 7299ece32f9cef..e0ce68c835b483 100644
--- a/test/common.js
+++ b/test/common.js
@@ -525,3 +525,9 @@ exports.expectWarning = function(name, expected) {
     expected.splice(expected.indexOf(warning.message), 1);
   }, expected.length));
 };
+
+Object.defineProperty(exports, 'hasIntl', {
+  get: function() {
+    return process.binding('config').hasIntl;
+  }
+});
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-intl-v8BreakIterator.js b/test/parallel/test-intl-v8BreakIterator.js
index f6922bcd9b7314..4af3452b576f84 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-intl-v8BreakIterator.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-intl-v8BreakIterator.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 
-if (global.Intl === undefined || Intl.v8BreakIterator === undefined) {
+if (!common.hasIntl || Intl.v8BreakIterator === undefined) {
   return common.skip('no Intl');
 }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-intl.js b/test/parallel/test-intl.js
index 3b56defe471af0..938099f2e3c6b9 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-intl.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-intl.js
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ if (enablei18n === undefined) {
   enablei18n = 0;
 }
 
-// is the Intl object present?
-const haveIntl = (global.Intl !== undefined);
-
 // Returns true if no specific locale ids were configured (i.e. "all")
 // Else, returns true if loc is in the configured list
 // Else, returns false
@@ -19,7 +16,7 @@ function haveLocale(loc) {
   return locs.indexOf(loc) !== -1;
 }
 
-if (!haveIntl) {
+if (!common.hasIntl) {
   const erMsg =
       '"Intl" object is NOT present but v8_enable_i18n_support is ' +
       enablei18n;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-versions.js b/test/parallel/test-process-versions.js
index 12136958fc8c37..0b86cfd7343df1 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-versions.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-versions.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if (common.hasCrypto) {
   expected_keys.push('openssl');
 }
 
-if (typeof Intl !== 'undefined') {
+if (common.hasIntl) {
   expected_keys.push('icu');
 }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-tab-complete.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-tab-complete.js
index e8fc5b1863caa3..77c14deaf3b023 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-tab-complete.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-tab-complete.js
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ const testNonGlobal = repl.start({
 const builtins = [['Infinity', '', 'Int16Array', 'Int32Array',
                                  'Int8Array'], 'I'];
 
-if (typeof Intl === 'object') {
+if (common.hasIntl) {
   builtins[0].push('Intl');
 }
 testNonGlobal.complete('I', common.mustCall((error, data) => {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-parsing.js b/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-parsing.js
index 568bc821758dd5..40ada010c1dd36 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-parsing.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-parsing.js
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const common = require('../common');
+
+if (!common.hasIntl) {
+  // A handful of the tests fail when ICU is not included.
+  common.skip('missing Intl... skipping test');
+  return;
+}
+
 const URL = require('url').URL;
 const path = require('path');
 const assert = require('assert');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-setters.js b/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-setters.js
index 4c29ef098cc463..3b2aca2afd89d7 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-setters.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-setters.js
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const common = require('../common');
+
+if (!common.hasIntl) {
+  // A handful of the tests fail when ICU is not included.
+  common.skip('missing Intl... skipping test');
+  return;
+}
+
 const path = require('path');
 const URL = require('url').URL;
 const assert = require('assert');