diff --git a/tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py b/tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py
index be8d8d4a4e08fab07ef0c1def886a5fdec825399..6276ce0c0196d8efb868c5135534fc92d555ee42 100755
--- a/tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py
+++ b/tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import sys
 import os
 import time
 
+assert sys.version_info >= (3, 7), "Python version is too old"
+
 from collections import namedtuple
 from enum import Enum, auto