diff --git a/runtime-testsuite/test/org/antlr/v4/test/runtime/cpp/BaseCppTest.java b/runtime-testsuite/test/org/antlr/v4/test/runtime/cpp/BaseCppTest.java
index ca85113d2..38f925cfa 100644
--- a/runtime-testsuite/test/org/antlr/v4/test/runtime/cpp/BaseCppTest.java
+++ b/runtime-testsuite/test/org/antlr/v4/test/runtime/cpp/BaseCppTest.java
@@ -614,15 +614,20 @@ public abstract class BaseCppTest {
 		
     // Build runtime using cmake once.
     if (!runtimeBuiltOnce) {
-      System.out.println("Located compiler at: " + compilerPath);
-      ArrayList<String> args = new ArrayList<String>();
-      args.add(compilerPath);
-      args.add("--version");
-      ProcessBuilder builder = new ProcessBuilder(args.toArray(new String[0]));
-      builder.directory(new File(tmpdir));
-      String output = runProcess(builder, "printing compiler version");
-      System.out.println("Compiler version is: " + output);
-	
+      try {
+        System.out.println("Located compiler at: " + compilerPath);
+        ArrayList<String> args = new ArrayList<String>();
+        args.add(compilerPath);
+        args.add("--version");
+        ProcessBuilder builder = new ProcessBuilder(args.toArray(new String[0]));
+        builder.directory(new File(tmpdir));
+        String output = runProcess(builder, "printing compiler version");
+        System.out.println("Compiler version is: " + output);
+      }
+      catch (Exception e) {
+        System.err.println("Can't get compiler version");
+      }
+			
       runtimeBuiltOnce = true;
       if (!buildRuntime()) {
         System.out.println("C++ runtime build failed");