diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Download/DownloadClientTests/SabnzbdTests/SabnzbdFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Download/DownloadClientTests/SabnzbdTests/SabnzbdFixture.cs
index 1729e4b18..668f66143 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Download/DownloadClientTests/SabnzbdTests/SabnzbdFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Download/DownloadClientTests/SabnzbdTests/SabnzbdFixture.cs
@@ -396,5 +396,21 @@ public void should_return_status_with_mounted_outputdir()
             result.OutputRootFolders.Should().NotBeNull();
             result.OutputRootFolders.First().Should().Be(@"O:\mymount".AsOsAgnostic());
         }
+
+        [TestCase("0.6.9", false)]
+        [TestCase("0.7.0", true)]
+        [TestCase("0.8.0", true)]
+        [TestCase("1.0.0", true)]
+        [TestCase("1.0.0RC1", true)]
+        public void should_test_version(string version, bool expected)
+        {
+            Mocker.GetMock<ISabnzbdProxy>()
+                  .Setup(v => v.GetVersion(It.IsAny<SabnzbdSettings>()))
+                  .Returns(version);
+
+            var error = Subject.Test();
+
+            error.IsValid.Should().Be(expected);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/Sabnzbd.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/Sabnzbd.cs
index f35a71a2e..79830fb6b 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/Sabnzbd.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/Sabnzbd.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using FluentValidation.Results;
 using NLog;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Disk;
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ public Sabnzbd(ISabnzbdProxy proxy,
             _proxy = proxy;
         }
 
+        private static readonly Regex VersionRegex = new Regex(@"(?<major>\d+)\.(?<minor>\d+)\.(?<patch>\d+)(?<candidate>.*)", RegexOptions.Compiled);
+
         protected override string AddFromNzbFile(RemoteEpisode remoteEpisode, string filename, byte[] fileContent)
         {
             var category = Settings.TvCategory;
@@ -253,25 +256,44 @@ public override DownloadClientStatus GetStatus()
 
         protected override void Test(List<ValidationFailure> failures)
         {
-            failures.AddIfNotNull(TestConnection());
+            failures.AddIfNotNull(TestConnectionAndVersion());
             failures.AddIfNotNull(TestAuthentication());
             failures.AddIfNotNull(TestGlobalConfig());
             failures.AddIfNotNull(TestCategory());
         }
 
-        private ValidationFailure TestConnection()
+        private ValidationFailure TestConnectionAndVersion()
         {
             try
             {
-                _proxy.GetVersion(Settings);
+                var version = _proxy.GetVersion(Settings);
+                var parsed = VersionRegex.Match(version);
+
+                if (!parsed.Success)
+                {
+                    return new ValidationFailure("Version", "Unknown Version: " + version);
+                }
+
+                var major = Convert.ToInt32(parsed.Groups["major"].Value);
+                var minor = Convert.ToInt32(parsed.Groups["minor"].Value);
+
+                if (major >= 1)
+                {
+                    return null;
+                }
+
+                if (minor >= 7)
+                {
+                    return null;
+                }
+
+                return new ValidationFailure("Version", "Version 0.7.0+ is required, but found: " + version);
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 _logger.Error(ex, ex.Message);
                 return new ValidationFailure("Host", "Unable to connect to SABnzbd");
             }
-
-            return null;
         }
 
         private ValidationFailure TestAuthentication()
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabnzbdProxy.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabnzbdProxy.cs
index ae34c2179..14e58d5d9 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabnzbdProxy.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabnzbdProxy.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public interface ISabnzbdProxy
         SabnzbdAddResponse DownloadNzb(byte[] nzbData, string filename, string category, int priority, SabnzbdSettings settings);
         void RemoveFrom(string source, string id,bool deleteData, SabnzbdSettings settings);
         string ProcessRequest(IRestRequest restRequest, string action, SabnzbdSettings settings);
-        SabnzbdVersionResponse GetVersion(SabnzbdSettings settings);
+        string GetVersion(SabnzbdSettings settings);
         SabnzbdConfig GetConfig(SabnzbdSettings settings);
         SabnzbdQueue GetQueue(int start, int limit, SabnzbdSettings settings);
         SabnzbdHistory GetHistory(int start, int limit, string category, SabnzbdSettings settings);
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public string ProcessRequest(IRestRequest restRequest, string action, SabnzbdSet
             return response.Content;
         }
 
-        public SabnzbdVersionResponse GetVersion(SabnzbdSettings settings)
+        public string GetVersion(SabnzbdSettings settings)
         {
             var request = new RestRequest();
             var action = "mode=version";
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public SabnzbdVersionResponse GetVersion(SabnzbdSettings settings)
                 response = new SabnzbdVersionResponse();
             }
 
-            return response;
+            return response.Version;
         }
 
         public SabnzbdConfig GetConfig(SabnzbdSettings settings)