diff --git a/tests/check_symlinks_test.py b/tests/check_symlinks_test.py
index 2235be01..4b11e715 100644
--- a/tests/check_symlinks_test.py
+++ b/tests/check_symlinks_test.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
+import os
+
 import pytest
 
 from pre_commit_hooks.check_symlinks import check_symlinks
 from testing.util import get_resource_path
 
 
+@pytest.mark.xfail(os.name == 'nt', reason='No symlink support on windows')
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(('filename', 'expected_retval'), (
     ('broken_symlink', 1),
     ('working_symlink', 0),