diff --git a/driver-core/src/main/com/mongodb/internal/capi/MongoCryptHelper.java b/driver-core/src/main/com/mongodb/internal/capi/MongoCryptHelper.java
index 27da74047a0..6fc99c596fc 100644
--- a/driver-core/src/main/com/mongodb/internal/capi/MongoCryptHelper.java
+++ b/driver-core/src/main/com/mongodb/internal/capi/MongoCryptHelper.java
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ private static BsonDocument toBsonDocument(final Map<String, Object> optionsMap)
 
     public static boolean isMongocryptdSpawningDisabled(@Nullable final String cryptSharedLibVersion,
             final AutoEncryptionSettings settings) {
-        boolean cryptSharedLibIsAvailable = cryptSharedLibVersion != null && cryptSharedLibVersion.isEmpty();
+        boolean cryptSharedLibIsAvailable = cryptSharedLibVersion != null && !cryptSharedLibVersion.isEmpty();
         boolean cryptSharedLibRequired = (boolean) settings.getExtraOptions().getOrDefault("cryptSharedLibRequired", false);
         return settings.isBypassAutoEncryption() || settings.isBypassQueryAnalysis() || cryptSharedLibRequired || cryptSharedLibIsAvailable;
     }
diff --git a/driver-core/src/test/functional/com/mongodb/internal/capi/MongoCryptHelperTest.java b/driver-core/src/test/functional/com/mongodb/internal/capi/MongoCryptHelperTest.java
index 77b6c0bce9d..9feac3e57a8 100644
--- a/driver-core/src/test/functional/com/mongodb/internal/capi/MongoCryptHelperTest.java
+++ b/driver-core/src/test/functional/com/mongodb/internal/capi/MongoCryptHelperTest.java
@@ -27,13 +27,17 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import static com.mongodb.internal.capi.MongoCryptHelper.isMongocryptdSpawningDisabled;
 import static com.mongodb.internal.capi.MongoCryptHelper.validateRewrapManyDataKeyOptions;
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyMap;
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
+import static java.util.Collections.singletonMap;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 public class MongoCryptHelperTest {
 
@@ -104,6 +108,29 @@ public void validateRewrapManyDataKeyOptionsTest() {
         assertThrows(MongoClientException.class, () -> validateRewrapManyDataKeyOptions(new RewrapManyDataKeyOptions().masterKey(new BsonDocument())));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void isMongocryptdSpawningDisabledTest() {
+        assertTrue(isMongocryptdSpawningDisabled(null,
+                initializeAutoEncryptionSettingsBuilder().bypassAutoEncryption(true).build()));
+        assertTrue(isMongocryptdSpawningDisabled(null,
+                initializeAutoEncryptionSettingsBuilder().bypassQueryAnalysis(true).build()));
+        assertTrue(isMongocryptdSpawningDisabled(null,
+                initializeAutoEncryptionSettingsBuilder().extraOptions(singletonMap("cryptSharedLibRequired", true)).build()));
+        assertTrue(isMongocryptdSpawningDisabled("/path/to/shared/lib.so",
+                initializeAutoEncryptionSettingsBuilder().build()));
+        assertFalse(isMongocryptdSpawningDisabled(null,
+                initializeAutoEncryptionSettingsBuilder().build()));
+        assertFalse(isMongocryptdSpawningDisabled("",
+                initializeAutoEncryptionSettingsBuilder().build()));
+    }
+
+    private static AutoEncryptionSettings.Builder initializeAutoEncryptionSettingsBuilder() {
+        AutoEncryptionSettings.Builder builder = AutoEncryptionSettings.builder()
+                .keyVaultNamespace("test.vault")
+                .kmsProviders(singletonMap("local", singletonMap("key", new byte[96])));
+        return builder;
+    }
+
     void assertMongoCryptOptions(final MongoCryptOptions expected, final MongoCryptOptions actual) {
         assertEquals(expected.getAwsKmsProviderOptions(), actual.getAwsKmsProviderOptions(), "AwsKmsProviderOptions not equal");
         assertEquals(expected.getEncryptedFieldsMap(), actual.getEncryptedFieldsMap(), "EncryptedFieldsMap not equal");