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diff --git a/testsuite/config/ghc b/testsuite/config/ghc
index b126580863..959422e577 100644
--- a/testsuite/config/ghc
+++ b/testsuite/config/ghc
@@ -166,7 +166,10 @@ def get_compiler_info():
rtsInfoDict = dict(eval(s))
# external interpreter needs RTS linker support
- config.have_ext_interp = compilerInfoDict["target has RTS linker"] == "YES"
+ # If the field is not present (GHC 8.0 and earlier), assume we don't
+ # have -fexternal-interpreter (though GHC 8.0 actually does)
+ # so we can still run most tests.
+ config.have_ext_interp = compilerInfoDict.get("target has RTS linker", "NO") == "YES"
# See Note [Replacing backward slashes in config.libdir].
config.libdir = compilerInfoDict['LibDir'].replace('\\', '/')