diff --git a/tools/run_tests/run_tests.py b/tools/run_tests/run_tests.py
index 8dcffd77d0928276628339a14688b78cbccaff92..2c3664eda5ed2493b060770a505f8c90a07b444e 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/run_tests.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/run_tests.py
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class NodeLanguage(object):
     self.config = config
     self.args = args
     _check_compiler(self.args.compiler, ['default', 'node0.12',
-                                         'node4', 'node5'])
+                                         'node4', 'node5', 'node6'])
     if self.args.compiler == 'default':
       self.node_version = '4'
     else: