diff --git a/Dockerfile-msphpsql b/Dockerfile-msphpsql
index 477740a0..7d5f6585 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-msphpsql
+++ b/Dockerfile-msphpsql
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ RUN sed -i 's/# en_US ISO-8859-1/en_US ISO-8859-1/g' /etc/locale.gen
 RUN sed -i 's/# fr_FR@euro ISO-8859-15/fr_FR@euro ISO-8859-15/g' /etc/locale.gen
 RUN sed -i 's/# en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/g' /etc/locale.gen
 RUN sed -i 's/# de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8/de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8/g' /etc/locale.gen
+RUN sed -i 's/# zh_CN GB2312/zh_CN GB2312/g' /etc/locale.gen
+RUN sed -i 's/# zh_CN.GB18030 GB18030/zh_CN.GB18030 GB18030/g' /etc/locale.gen
 RUN locale-gen
 
 # set locale to utf-8
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 23579eab..6f7f2185 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ jobs:
       sudo sed -i 's/# fr_FR@euro ISO-8859-15/fr_FR@euro ISO-8859-15/g' /etc/locale.gen
       sudo sed -i 's/# en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/g' /etc/locale.gen
       sudo sed -i 's/# de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8/de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8/g' /etc/locale.gen
+      sudo sed -i 's/# zh_CN GB2312/zh_CN GB2312/g' /etc/locale.gen
+      sudo sed -i 's/# zh_CN.GB18030 GB18030/zh_CN.GB18030 GB18030/g' /etc/locale.gen
       sudo locale-gen
       export LANG='en_US.UTF-8'
       export LANGUAGE='en_US:en'
diff --git a/test/functional/pdo_sqlsrv/pdo_ansi_locale_zh.phpt b/test/functional/pdo_sqlsrv/pdo_ansi_locale_zh.phpt
index cbdcb739..6500a0cd 100644
--- a/test/functional/pdo_sqlsrv/pdo_ansi_locale_zh.phpt
+++ b/test/functional/pdo_sqlsrv/pdo_ansi_locale_zh.phpt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 --TEST--
 Test Chinese locale in Linux
 --DESCRIPTION--
-This test will invoke another php scirpt that is saved as GB2312(Simplified Chinese) ANSI format,
-namely pdo_test_gb18030.php.
+This test requires ODBC Driver 17.6 or above and will invoke another php script that 
+is saved as GB2312(Simplified Chinese) ANSI format, namely pdo_test_gb18030.php.
 To run this test, create a temporary database first with the correct collation
     CREATE DATABASE [GB18030test]
     COLLATE Chinese_PRC_CI_AS
@@ -19,6 +19,28 @@ $loc = setlocale(LC_ALL, 'zh_CN.gb18030');
 if (empty($loc)) {
     die("skip required gb18030 locale not available");
 }
+
+require_once('MsSetup.inc');
+try {
+    $conn = new PDO("sqlsrv:server=$server", $uid, $pwd);
+    $msodbcsqlVer = $conn->getAttribute(PDO::ATTR_CLIENT_VERSION)['DriverVer'];
+    $version = explode(".", $msodbcsqlVer);
+
+    $msodbcsqlMaj = $version[0];
+    $msodbcsqlMin = $version[1];
+
+    if ($msodbcsqlMaj < 17) {
+        die("skip Unsupported ODBC driver version");
+    }
+
+    if ($msodbcsqlMaj == 17 && $msodbcsqlMin < 6) {
+        die("skip Unsupported ODBC driver version");
+    }
+} catch (PDOException $e) {
+    die("skip Something went wrong during SKIPIF.");
+}
+?>
+
 --FILE--
 <?php
 function runTest($conn, $tempDB)
@@ -43,9 +65,11 @@ try {
 } catch (PDOException $e) {
     echo $e->getMessage() . PHP_EOL;
 } finally {
-    $query = "DROP DATABASE $tempDB";
-    $conn->exec($query);
-    unset($conn);
+    if ($conn) {
+        $query = "DROP DATABASE $tempDB";
+        $conn->exec($query);
+        unset($conn);
+    }
 }
 
 ?>
diff --git a/test/functional/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_ansi_locale_zh.phpt b/test/functional/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_ansi_locale_zh.phpt
index 5b8b911c..bfbee8b2 100644
--- a/test/functional/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_ansi_locale_zh.phpt
+++ b/test/functional/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_ansi_locale_zh.phpt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 --TEST--
 Test Chinese locale in Linux
 --DESCRIPTION--
-This test will invoke another php scirpt that is saved as GB2312(Simplified Chinese) ANSI format,
-namely sqlsrv_test_gb18030.php.
+This test requires ODBC Driver 17.6 or above and will invoke another php script that 
+is saved as GB2312(Simplified Chinese) ANSI format, namely sqlsrv_test_gb18030.php.
 To run this test, create a temporary database first with the correct collation
     CREATE DATABASE [GB18030test]
     COLLATE Chinese_PRC_CI_AS
@@ -14,41 +14,67 @@ Drop the temporary database when the test is finished.
 PHPT_EXEC=true
 --SKIPIF--
 <?php 
-require('skipif_unix_ansitests.inc'); 
+require_once('skipif_unix_ansitests.inc'); 
 $loc = setlocale(LC_ALL, 'zh_CN.gb18030');
 if (empty($loc)) {
     die("skip required gb18030 locale not available");
 }
+
+require_once('MsSetup.inc');
+$connectionInfo = array("UID"=>$userName, "PWD"=>$userPassword);
+$conn = sqlsrv_connect($server, $connectionInfo);
+if ($conn === false) {
+    die("skip Could not connect during SKIPIF.");
+}
+
+$msodbcsqlVer = sqlsrv_client_info($conn)["DriverVer"];
+$msodbcsqlMaj = explode(".", $msodbcsqlVer)[0];
+$msodbcsqlMin = explode(".", $msodbcsqlVer)[1];
+
+if ($msodbcsqlMaj < 17) {
+    die("skip Unsupported ODBC driver version");
+}
+
+if ($msodbcsqlMaj == 17 && $msodbcsqlMin < 6) {
+    die("skip Unsupported ODBC driver version");
+}
+?>
+
 --FILE--
 <?php
-function runTest()
-{
-    require_once('MsSetup.inc');
-    
+
+require_once('MsSetup.inc');
+
+try {
     $options = array("Database"=>"master", "UID"=>$userName, "PWD"=>$userPassword);
     $conn = sqlsrv_connect($server, $options);
     if( $conn === false ) {
-        die(print_r(sqlsrv_errors(), true));
+        throw new Error("Failed to connect");
     }
 
     $tempDB = 'GB18030test' . rand(1, 100);
     $query = "CREATE DATABASE $tempDB COLLATE Chinese_PRC_CI_AS";
     $stmt = sqlsrv_query($conn, $query);
     if ($stmt === false) {
-        echo "Failed to create the database $tempDB\n";
+        throw new Error("Failed to create the database $tempDB");
     }
 
     shell_exec("export LC_ALL=zh_CN.gb18030");
     shell_exec("iconv -c -f GB2312 -t GB18030 sqlsrv_test_gb18030.php > test_gb18030.php");
-    
-    print_r(shell_exec(PHP_BINARY." ".dirname(__FILE__)."/test_gb18030.php $tempDB"));
-    
-    $query = "DROP DATABASE $tempDB";
-    sqlsrv_query($conn, $query);
-    sqlsrv_close($conn);
-}
 
-runTest();
+    print_r(shell_exec(PHP_BINARY." ".dirname(__FILE__)."/test_gb18030.php $tempDB"));
+} catch (Error $err) {
+    echo $err->getMessage() . PHP_EOL;
+    print_r(sqlsrv_errors());
+} finally {
+    if ($conn) {
+        if (!empty($tempDB)) {
+            $query = "DROP DATABASE $tempDB";
+            sqlsrv_query($conn, $query);
+        }
+        sqlsrv_close($conn);
+    }
+}
 
 ?>
 --EXPECT--