diff --git a/make/test/JtregNativeJdk.gmk b/make/test/JtregNativeJdk.gmk
index 46eeb7684b674..f9bd67a693778 100644
--- a/make/test/JtregNativeJdk.gmk
+++ b/make/test/JtregNativeJdk.gmk
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ ifeq ($(call isTargetOs, linux), true)
   # stripping during the test libraries' build.
   BUILD_JDK_JTREG_LIBRARIES_CFLAGS_libFib := -g
   BUILD_JDK_JTREG_LIBRARIES_STRIP_SYMBOLS_libFib := false
+  # nio tests' libCreationTimeHelper native needs -ldl linker flag
+  BUILD_JDK_JTREG_LIBRARIES_LDFLAGS_libCreationTimeHelper := -ldl
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(ASAN_ENABLED), true)
diff --git a/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/CreationTime.java b/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/CreationTime.java
index 9f1c12c8e2634..53cbf04d6366f 100644
--- a/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/CreationTime.java
+++ b/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/CreationTime.java
@@ -108,13 +108,8 @@ static void test(Path top) throws IOException {
                 supportsCreationTimeWrite = true;
             }
         } else if (Platform.isLinux()) {
-            // Creation time read depends on statx system call support and on the file
-            // system storing the birth time. The tmpfs/nfs/ext3 etc. file system type does not store
-            // the birth time, that depends the linux kernel version.
-            boolean statxIsPresent = Linker.nativeLinker().defaultLookup().find("statx").isPresent();
-            if (statxIsPresent && supportBirthTimeOnLinux(file)) {
-                supportsCreationTimeRead = true;
-            }
+            // Creation time read depends on statx system call support
+            supportsCreationTimeRead = CreationTimeHelper.linuxIsCreationTimeSupported();
             // Creation time updates are not supported on Linux
             supportsCreationTimeWrite = false;
         }
@@ -148,24 +143,6 @@ static void test(Path top) throws IOException {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * read the output of linux command `stat -c "%w" file`, if the output is "-",
-     * then the file system doesn't support birth time
-     */
-    public static boolean supportBirthTimeOnLinux(Path file) {
-        try {
-            String filePath = file.toAbsolutePath().toString();
-            ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("stat", "-c", "%w", filePath);
-            pb.redirectErrorStream(true);
-            Process p = pb.start();
-            BufferedReader b = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream()));
-            String l = b.readLine();
-            if (l != null && l.equals("-")) { return false; }
-        } catch(Exception e) {
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-
     public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
         // create temporary directory to run tests
         Path dir;
diff --git a/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/CreationTimeHelper.java b/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/CreationTimeHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1b8d5bc47c80f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/CreationTimeHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023, Red Hat, Inc.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+public class CreationTimeHelper {
+
+    static {
+        System.loadLibrary("CreationTimeHelper");
+    }
+
+    // Helper so as to determine 'statx' support on the runtime system
+    static native boolean linuxIsCreationTimeSupported();
+}
diff --git a/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/libCreationTimeHelper.c b/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/libCreationTimeHelper.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6a2fc74ad5266
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/jdk/java/nio/file/attribute/BasicFileAttributeView/libCreationTimeHelper.c
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023, Red Hat, Inc.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+#include "jni.h"
+#if defined(__linux__)
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#endif
+
+// static native boolean linuxIsCreationTimeSupported()
+JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL
+Java_CreationTimeHelper_linuxIsCreationTimeSupported(JNIEnv *env, jclass cls)
+{
+#if defined(__linux__)
+    void* statx_func = dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "statx");
+    return statx_func != NULL ? JNI_TRUE : JNI_FALSE;
+#else
+    return JNI_FALSE;
+#endif
+}