diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 8e5925b8c..261a2968b 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ timestamps {
     }.collectEntries { jobDefinition ->
       return [(jobDefinition.runName): { build job: jobDefinition.jobToRun, parameters: jobDefinition.params }]
     }
+
+    jobDefinitions.put('JDBC-AIX-Unit', { build job: 'JDBC-AIX-UnitTests', parameters: [ string(name: 'BRANCH', value: scmInfo.GIT_BRANCH ) ] } )
     stage('Test') {
       parallel (jobDefinitions)
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/snowflake/client/core/arrow/BaseConverterTest.java b/src/test/java/net/snowflake/client/core/arrow/BaseConverterTest.java
index 20a07a655..e669ac006 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/snowflake/client/core/arrow/BaseConverterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/snowflake/client/core/arrow/BaseConverterTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  */
 package net.snowflake.client.core.arrow;
 
+import java.nio.ByteOrder;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 import net.snowflake.client.core.DataConversionContext;
 import net.snowflake.client.core.SFSession;
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@
 import net.snowflake.common.core.SFBinaryFormat;
 import net.snowflake.common.core.SnowflakeDateTimeFormat;
 import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Assume;
+import org.junit.Before;
 
 public class BaseConverterTest implements DataConversionContext {
   private SnowflakeDateTimeFormat dateTimeFormat =
@@ -32,6 +35,13 @@ public void clearTimeZone() {
     System.clearProperty("user.timezone");
   }
 
+  @Before
+  public void assumeLittleEndian() {
+    Assume.assumeTrue(
+        "Arrow doesn't support cross endianness",
+        ByteOrder.nativeOrder().equals(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN));
+  }
+
   @Override
   public SnowflakeDateTimeFormat getTimestampLTZFormatter() {
     return timestampLTZFormat;