diff --git a/git.skip-test-patterns b/git.skip-test-patterns
index 28a66b8..e9db37f 100644
--- a/git.skip-test-patterns
+++ b/git.skip-test-patterns
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ missing !PTHREADS
 missing RFC1991
 missing TAR_NEEDS_PAX_FALLBACK
 missing UTF8_NFD_TO_NFC
+missing WINDOWS
 skipping case insensitive tests
 skipping git p4 tests
 skipping remote-svn tests, python not available