diff --git a/cinder/tests/unit/test_storwize_svc.py b/cinder/tests/unit/test_storwize_svc.py
index 4352a09187f..940d7a5dd14 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/unit/test_storwize_svc.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/unit/test_storwize_svc.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class StorwizeSVCManagementSimulator(object):
             'startfcmap': '',
             'rmfcmap': '',
             'lslicense': '',
+            'lsguicapabilities': '',
         }
         self._errors = {
             'CMMVC5701E': ('', 'CMMVC5701E No object ID was specified.'),
@@ -351,6 +352,15 @@ class StorwizeSVCManagementSimulator(object):
             rows[2] = ['license_compression_enclosures', '1']
         return self._print_info_cmd(rows=rows, **kwargs)
 
+    def _cmd_lsguicapabilities(self, **kwargs):
+        rows = [None]
+        if self._next_cmd_error['lsguicapabilities'] == 'no_compression':
+            self._next_cmd_error['lsguicapabilities'] = ''
+            rows[0] = ['license_scheme', '0']
+        else:
+            rows[0] = ['license_scheme', '9846']
+        return self._print_info_cmd(rows=rows, **kwargs)
+
     # Print mostly made-up stuff in the correct syntax
     def _cmd_lssystem(self, **kwargs):
         rows = [None] * 3
@@ -1861,6 +1871,7 @@ class StorwizeSVCDriverTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
         if self.USESIM:
             self.sim.error_injection('lslicense', 'no_compression')
+            self.sim.error_injection('lsguicapabilities', 'no_compression')
             self._set_flag('storwize_svc_vol_compression', True)
             self.driver.do_setup(None)
             self.assertRaises(exception.InvalidInput,
@@ -3698,21 +3709,32 @@ class StorwizeHelpersTestCase(test.TestCase):
         super(StorwizeHelpersTestCase, self).setUp()
         self.storwize_svc_common = storwize_svc_common.StorwizeHelpers(None)
 
-    def test_compression_enabled(self):
+    @mock.patch.object(storwize_svc_common.StorwizeSSH, 'lslicense')
+    @mock.patch.object(storwize_svc_common.StorwizeSSH, 'lsguicapabilities')
+    def test_compression_enabled(self, lsguicapabilities, lslicense):
         fake_license_without_keys = {}
         fake_license = {
             'license_compression_enclosures': '1',
             'license_compression_capacity': '1'
         }
+        fake_license_scheme = {
+            'license_scheme': '9846'
+        }
+        fake_license_invalid_scheme = {
+            'license_scheme': '0000'
+        }
 
-        # Check when keys of return licenses do not contain
-        # 'license_compression_enclosures' and 'license_compression_capacity'
-        with mock.patch.object(
-                storwize_svc_common.StorwizeSSH, 'lslicense') as lslicense:
-            lslicense.return_value = fake_license_without_keys
-            self.assertFalse(self.storwize_svc_common.compression_enabled())
+        lslicense.side_effect = [fake_license_without_keys,
+                                 fake_license_without_keys,
+                                 fake_license,
+                                 fake_license_without_keys]
+        lsguicapabilities.side_effect = [fake_license_without_keys,
+                                         fake_license_invalid_scheme,
+                                         fake_license_scheme]
+        self.assertFalse(self.storwize_svc_common.compression_enabled())
 
-        with mock.patch.object(
-                storwize_svc_common.StorwizeSSH, 'lslicense') as lslicense:
-            lslicense.return_value = fake_license
-            self.assertTrue(self.storwize_svc_common.compression_enabled())
+        self.assertFalse(self.storwize_svc_common.compression_enabled())
+
+        self.assertTrue(self.storwize_svc_common.compression_enabled())
+
+        self.assertTrue(self.storwize_svc_common.compression_enabled())
diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/ibm/storwize_svc/storwize_svc_common.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/ibm/storwize_svc/storwize_svc_common.py
index bbc426d45a6..47d9c512977 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/ibm/storwize_svc/storwize_svc_common.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/ibm/storwize_svc/storwize_svc_common.py
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ class StorwizeSSH(object):
         ssh_cmd = ['svcinfo', 'lslicense', '-delim', '!']
         return self.run_ssh_info(ssh_cmd)[0]
 
+    def lsguicapabilities(self):
+        ssh_cmd = ['svcinfo', 'lsguicapabilities', '-delim', '!']
+        return self.run_ssh_info(ssh_cmd)[0]
+
     def lssystem(self):
         ssh_cmd = ['svcinfo', 'lssystem', '-delim', '!']
         return self.run_ssh_info(ssh_cmd)[0]
@@ -411,6 +415,18 @@ class StorwizeHelpers(object):
         for key in keys:
             if resp.get(key, '0') != '0':
                 return True
+
+        # lslicense is not used for V9000 compression check
+        # compression_enclosures and compression_capacity are
+        # always 0. V9000 uses license_scheme 9846 as an
+        # indicator and can always do compression
+        try:
+            resp = self.ssh.lsguicapabilities()
+            if resp.get('license_scheme', '0') == '9846':
+                return True
+        except exception.VolumeBackendAPIException as war:
+            LOG.warning(_LW("Failed to run lsguicapability. "
+                            "Exception: %s."), war)
         return False
 
     def get_system_info(self):