sql_slave_statement_skip_counter variable not found 5.5

Hi,
i want to use sql_slave_statement_skip_counter variable: http://www.percona.com/doc/percona-server/5.5/flexibility/re plication_skip_single_statement.html?id=percona-server:featu res:replication_skip_single_statement&redirect=1#sql_sla ve_statement_skip_counter

but percona says:
ERROR 1193 (HY000): Unknown system variable ‘sql_slave_statement_skip_counter’

I have centos 6 percona install via yum

Percona-Server-shared-55-5.5.16-rel22.0.189.rhel6.x86_64
Percona-Server-server-55-5.5.16-rel22.0.189.rhel6.x86_64
percona-release-0.0-1.x86_64
Percona-Server-client-55-5.5.16-rel22.0.189.rhel6.x86_64
Percona-Server-test-55-5.5.16-rel22.0.189.rhel6.x86_64
Percona-Server-devel-55-5.5.16-rel22.0.189.rhel6.x86_64
Percona-Server-shared-compat-5.5.16-rel22.0.189.rhel6.x86_64

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE ‘%skip%’;
±-----------------------±------+
| Variable_name | Value |
±-----------------------±------+
| skip_external_locking | ON |
| skip_name_resolve | ON |
| skip_networking | OFF |
| skip_show_database | OFF |
| slave_skip_errors | OFF |
| sql_slave_skip_counter | 0 |
±-----------------------±------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Could you execute this query?
SHOW VARIABLES LIKE “%version%”;

When do you get that message? Do read the comment at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/set-global-sql-slave- skip-counter.html

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE “%version%”;
±------------------------±-------------------------------- --------------------+
| Variable_name | Value |
±------------------------±-------------------------------- --------------------+
| innodb_version | 1.1.8-20.1 |
| protocol_version | 10 |
| slave_type_conversions | |
| version | 5.5.16-55-log |
| version_comment | Percona Server (GPL), Release rel22.0, Revision 189 |
| version_compile_machine | x86_64 |
| version_compile_os | Linux |
±------------------------±-------------------------------- --------------------+
7 rows in set (0.00 sec)

I want to use sql_slave_statement_skip_counter not sql_slave_skip_counter, sql_slave_skip_counter works fine but lose data.