diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsi/jsi/test/testlib.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsi/jsi/test/testlib.cpp
index 1ded399f8319..37b71538b87e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsi/jsi/test/testlib.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsi/jsi/test/testlib.cpp
@@ -2719,6 +2719,17 @@ TEST_P(JSITest, ArrayBufferDetachedTest) {
     return;
   }
 
+  // Skip the rest if the runtime has no way to detach an ArrayBuffer from JS.
+  bool canDetach =
+      eval(
+          "typeof buf.transfer === 'function' || "
+          "(typeof HermesInternal !== 'undefined' && "
+          " typeof HermesInternal.detachArrayBuffer === 'function')")
+          .getBool();
+  if (!canDetach) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   // Detach the ArrayBuffer. Use transfer() if available, otherwise fall back
   // to HermesInternal.detach for Hermes runtime.
   eval(
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsi/jsi/test/testlib.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsi/jsi/test/testlib.h
index b56d41b83838..8eee03a34312 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsi/jsi/test/testlib.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/jsi/jsi/test/testlib.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class Runtime;
 using RuntimeFactory = std::function<std::shared_ptr<Runtime>()>;
 
 std::vector<RuntimeFactory> runtimeGenerators();
+std::vector<RuntimeFactory> runtimeGeneratorsWithSandBox();
 
 class JSITestBase : public ::testing::TestWithParam<RuntimeFactory> {
  public: