diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/resources/test_script.sh b/sql/hive/src/test/resources/test_script.sh
index ab998c41b22ce27b4a6d2e6daf6a24015d528aa5..eb0c50e98292cd6f18064ffe806904d27c94834d 100755
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/resources/test_script.sh
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/resources/test_script.sh
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@
 
 while read line
 do
-  echo "$line" | sed 's/\t/_/'
+  echo "$line" | sed $'s/\t/_/'
 done < /dev/stdin
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/SQLQuerySuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/SQLQuerySuite.scala
index 9a36fd6c9943272b876f50ba68d4a8fdd29a4861..c4d9e0aee911fa51d802fdbe0d991283a905c7a5 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/SQLQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/SQLQuerySuite.scala
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.hive.execution
 
 import java.sql.{Date, Timestamp}
 
+import scala.sys.process.Process
+import scala.util.Try
+
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql._
@@ -64,14 +67,17 @@ class SQLQuerySuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils with TestHiveSingleton {
   import spark.implicits._
 
   test("script") {
-    val df = Seq(("x1", "y1", "z1"), ("x2", "y2", "z2")).toDF("c1", "c2", "c3")
-    df.createOrReplaceTempView("script_table")
-    val query1 = sql(
-      """
-        |SELECT col1 FROM (from(SELECT c1, c2, c3 FROM script_table) tempt_table
-        |REDUCE c1, c2, c3 USING 'bash src/test/resources/test_script.sh' AS
-        |(col1 STRING, col2 STRING)) script_test_table""".stripMargin)
-    checkAnswer(query1, Row("x1_y1") :: Row("x2_y2") :: Nil)
+    if (testCommandAvailable("bash") && testCommandAvailable("echo | sed")) {
+      val df = Seq(("x1", "y1", "z1"), ("x2", "y2", "z2")).toDF("c1", "c2", "c3")
+      df.createOrReplaceTempView("script_table")
+      val query1 = sql(
+        """
+          |SELECT col1 FROM (from(SELECT c1, c2, c3 FROM script_table) tempt_table
+          |REDUCE c1, c2, c3 USING 'bash src/test/resources/test_script.sh' AS
+          |(col1 STRING, col2 STRING)) script_test_table""".stripMargin)
+      checkAnswer(query1, Row("x1_y1") :: Row("x2_y2") :: Nil)
+    }
+    // else skip this test
   }
 
   test("UDTF") {
@@ -1677,4 +1683,8 @@ class SQLQuerySuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils with TestHiveSingleton {
       )
     }
   }
+
+  def testCommandAvailable(command: String): Boolean = {
+    Try(Process(command) !!).isSuccess
+  }
 }