Index: lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestMultiDocValues.java
===================================================================
--- lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestMultiDocValues.java	(revision 1519659)
+++ lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestMultiDocValues.java	(working copy)
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
   }
   
   public void testDocsWithField() throws Exception {
-    assumeTrue("codec does not support docsWithField", defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField());
+    assumeTrue("codec does not support docsWithField", defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField("numbers"));
     Directory dir = newDirectory();
     
     IndexWriterConfig iwc = newIndexWriterConfig(random(), TEST_VERSION_CURRENT, null);
Index: lucene/facet/src/test/org/apache/lucene/facet/range/TestRangeAccumulator.java
===================================================================
--- lucene/facet/src/test/org/apache/lucene/facet/range/TestRangeAccumulator.java	(revision 1519659)
+++ lucene/facet/src/test/org/apache/lucene/facet/range/TestRangeAccumulator.java	(working copy)
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@
 
   // LUCENE-5178
   public void testMissingValues() throws Exception {
-    assumeTrue("codec does not support docsWithField", defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField());
+    assumeTrue("codec does not support docsWithField", defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField("field"));
     Directory d = newDirectory();
     RandomIndexWriter w = new RandomIndexWriter(random(), d);
     Document doc = new Document();
Index: lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/BaseDocValuesFormatTestCase.java
===================================================================
--- lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/BaseDocValuesFormatTestCase.java	(revision 1519659)
+++ lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/BaseDocValuesFormatTestCase.java	(working copy)
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@
     iwriter.close();
     
     SortedDocValues dv = getOnlySegmentReader(ireader).getSortedDocValues("field");
-    if (defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField()) {
+    if (defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField("field")) {
       assertEquals(-1, dv.getOrd(0));
       assertEquals(0, dv.getValueCount());
     } else {
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@
     BytesRef scratch = new BytesRef();
     dv.lookupOrd(dv.getOrd(0), scratch);
     assertEquals(new BytesRef("hello world 2"), scratch);
-    if (defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField()) {
+    if (defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField("dv")) {
       assertEquals(-1, dv.getOrd(1));
     }
     dv.get(1, scratch);
@@ -1092,7 +1092,8 @@
   public void testRandomSortedBytes() throws IOException {
     Directory dir = newDirectory();
     IndexWriterConfig cfg = newIndexWriterConfig(TEST_VERSION_CURRENT, new MockAnalyzer(random()));
-    if (!defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField()) {
+    final boolean defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField = defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField("field");
+    if (!defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField) {
       // if the codec doesnt support missing, we expect missing to be mapped to byte[]
       // by the impersonator, but we have to give it a chance to merge them to this
       cfg.setMergePolicy(newLogMergePolicy());
@@ -1121,7 +1122,7 @@
       doc.add(newTextField("id", "noValue", Field.Store.YES));
       w.addDocument(doc);
     }
-    if (!defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField()) {
+    if (!defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField) {
       BytesRef bytesRef = new BytesRef();
       hash.add(bytesRef); // add empty value for the gaps
     }
@@ -1128,7 +1129,7 @@
     if (rarely()) {
       w.commit();
     }
-    if (!defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField()) {
+    if (!defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField) {
       // if the codec doesnt support missing, we expect missing to be mapped to byte[]
       // by the impersonator, but we have to give it a chance to merge them to this
       w.forceMerge(1);
@@ -1253,7 +1254,7 @@
   }
   
   private void doTestMissingVsFieldCache(LongProducer longs) throws Exception {
-    assumeTrue("Codec does not support getDocsWithField", defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField());
+    assumeTrue("Codec does not support getDocsWithField", defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField("indexed", "dv"));
     Directory dir = newDirectory();
     IndexWriterConfig conf = newIndexWriterConfig(TEST_VERSION_CURRENT, new MockAnalyzer(random()));
     RandomIndexWriter writer = new RandomIndexWriter(random(), dir, conf);
@@ -2356,7 +2357,7 @@
   }
   
   public void testTwoNumbersOneMissing() throws IOException {
-    assumeTrue("Codec does not support getDocsWithField", defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField());
+    assumeTrue("Codec does not support getDocsWithField", defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField("dv1"));
     Directory directory = newDirectory();
     IndexWriterConfig conf = newIndexWriterConfig(TEST_VERSION_CURRENT, null);
     conf.setMergePolicy(newLogMergePolicy());
@@ -2385,7 +2386,7 @@
   }
   
   public void testTwoNumbersOneMissingWithMerging() throws IOException {
-    assumeTrue("Codec does not support getDocsWithField", defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField());
+    assumeTrue("Codec does not support getDocsWithField", defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField("dv1"));
     Directory directory = newDirectory();
     IndexWriterConfig conf = newIndexWriterConfig(TEST_VERSION_CURRENT, null);
     conf.setMergePolicy(newLogMergePolicy());
@@ -2415,7 +2416,7 @@
   }
   
   public void testThreeNumbersOneMissingWithMerging() throws IOException {
-    assumeTrue("Codec does not support getDocsWithField", defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField());
+    assumeTrue("Codec does not support getDocsWithField", defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField("dv1"));
     Directory directory = newDirectory();
     IndexWriterConfig conf = newIndexWriterConfig(TEST_VERSION_CURRENT, null);
     conf.setMergePolicy(newLogMergePolicy());
@@ -2451,7 +2452,7 @@
   }
   
   public void testTwoBytesOneMissing() throws IOException {
-    assumeTrue("Codec does not support getDocsWithField", defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField());
+    assumeTrue("Codec does not support getDocsWithField", defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField("dv1"));
     Directory directory = newDirectory();
     IndexWriterConfig conf = newIndexWriterConfig(TEST_VERSION_CURRENT, null);
     conf.setMergePolicy(newLogMergePolicy());
@@ -2483,7 +2484,7 @@
   }
   
   public void testTwoBytesOneMissingWithMerging() throws IOException {
-    assumeTrue("Codec does not support getDocsWithField", defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField());
+    assumeTrue("Codec does not support getDocsWithField", defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField("dv1"));
     Directory directory = newDirectory();
     IndexWriterConfig conf = newIndexWriterConfig(TEST_VERSION_CURRENT, null);
     conf.setMergePolicy(newLogMergePolicy());
@@ -2516,7 +2517,7 @@
   }
   
   public void testThreeBytesOneMissingWithMerging() throws IOException {
-    assumeTrue("Codec does not support getDocsWithField", defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField());
+    assumeTrue("Codec does not support getDocsWithField", defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField("dv1"));
     Directory directory = newDirectory();
     IndexWriterConfig conf = newIndexWriterConfig(TEST_VERSION_CURRENT, null);
     conf.setMergePolicy(newLogMergePolicy());
@@ -2813,7 +2814,7 @@
   
   /** Tests dv against stored fields with threads (all types + missing) */
   public void testThreads2() throws Exception {
-    assumeTrue("Codec does not support getDocsWithField", defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField());
+    assumeTrue("Codec does not support getDocsWithField", defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField("dvBin", "dvSorted", "dvNum", "dvSortedSet"));
     assumeTrue("Codec does not support SORTED_SET", defaultCodecSupportsSortedSet());
     Directory dir = newDirectory();
     IndexWriterConfig conf = newIndexWriterConfig(TEST_VERSION_CURRENT, new MockAnalyzer(random()));
Index: lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/LuceneTestCase.java
===================================================================
--- lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/LuceneTestCase.java	(revision 1519659)
+++ lucene/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/LuceneTestCase.java	(working copy)
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.lucene.analysis.Analyzer;
 import org.apache.lucene.codecs.Codec;
+import org.apache.lucene.codecs.DocValuesFormat;
 import org.apache.lucene.document.Field.Store;
 import org.apache.lucene.document.Field;
 import org.apache.lucene.document.FieldType;
@@ -1375,11 +1376,19 @@
   
   /** Returns true if the codec "supports" docsWithField 
    * (other codecs return MatchAllBits, because you couldnt write missing values before) */
-  public static boolean defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField() {
+  public static boolean defaultCodecSupportsDocsWithField(String... fields) {
     String name = Codec.getDefault().getName();
     if (name.equals("Lucene40") || name.equals("Lucene41") || name.equals("Lucene42")) {
       return false;
     }
+    
+    // check that the actual DocValuesFormat for each field supports docsWithField
+    for (String field : fields) {
+      String format = _TestUtil.getDocValuesFormat(field);
+      if (format.equals("Lucene40") || format.equals("Lucene41") || format.equals("Lucene42")) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
     return true;
   }