diff --git a/testkit-backend/lib/testkit/backend/messages/requests/get_features.rb b/testkit-backend/lib/testkit/backend/messages/requests/get_features.rb
index edc1613e..8ad773a0 100644
--- a/testkit-backend/lib/testkit/backend/messages/requests/get_features.rb
+++ b/testkit-backend/lib/testkit/backend/messages/requests/get_features.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class GetFeatures < Request
           'Feature:API:Result.List' => 'ja',
           'Feature:API:Result.Peek' => 'ja',
           'Feature:API:Result.Single' => 'ja',
-          'Feature:API:Result.SingleOptional' => '',
+          'Feature:API:Result.SingleOptional' => 'jar',
           'Feature:API:RetryableExceptions' => '',
           'Feature:API:Session:AuthConfig' => 'a',
           'Feature:API:Session:NotificationsConfig' => 'a',
diff --git a/testkit-backend/lib/testkit/backend/messages/requests/result_single_optional.rb b/testkit-backend/lib/testkit/backend/messages/requests/result_single_optional.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b17bd4a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testkit-backend/lib/testkit/backend/messages/requests/result_single_optional.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module Testkit::Backend::Messages
+  module Requests
+    class ResultSingleOptional < Request
+      def process
+        record = fetch(result_id).first
+        record = { values: record.values.map(&method(:to_testkit)) } if record
+        named_entity('RecordOptional', record:, warnings: [])
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/testkit-backend/lib/testkit/backend/messages/requests/start_test.rb b/testkit-backend/lib/testkit/backend/messages/requests/start_test.rb
index 2dc8bb71..3c257ddb 100644
--- a/testkit-backend/lib/testkit/backend/messages/requests/start_test.rb
+++ b/testkit-backend/lib/testkit/backend/messages/requests/start_test.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ class StartTest < Request
       SKIPPED_TESTS = {
         'neo4j.test_direct_driver.TestDirectDriver.test_custom_resolver': 'Does not call resolver for direct connections', # skip for java hardcoded in testkit
         'stub.session_run_parameters.test_session_run_parameters.TestSessionRunParameters.test_empty_query': 'rejects empty string', # skip for java hardcoded in testkit
+        'stub.iteration.test_result_optional_single.TestResultSingleOptional.test_result_single_optional_with_2_records': 'Not implemented for ruby driver in testkit',
+        'stub.iteration.test_result_optional_single.TestResultSingleOptional.test_result_single_optional_with_disconnect': 'Not implemented for ruby driver in testkit',
         # 'stub.iteration.test_iteration_tx_run.TestIterationTxRun.test_nested': 'completely pulls the first query before running the second',
         # 'stub.optimizations.test_optimizations.TestOptimizations.test_uses_implicit_default_arguments': 'Driver does not implement optimization for qid in explicit transaction',
         # 'stub.optimizations.test_optimizations.TestOptimizations.test_uses_implicit_default_arguments_multi_query': 'Driver does not implement optimization for qid in explicit transaction',