diff --git a/linkcheck/tests/test_url.py b/linkcheck/tests/test_url.py
index d862c9ef..5cb5f2d7 100644
--- a/linkcheck/tests/test_url.py
+++ b/linkcheck/tests/test_url.py
@@ -330,6 +330,9 @@ class TestUrl (unittest.TestCase):
         self.assert_(not linkcheck.url.url_is_absolute(url), repr(url))
 
     def test_nopathquote_chars (self):
+        # XXX use platform resource
+        if os.name != 'nt':
+            return
         url = "file:///c|/msys/"
         nurl = url
         self.assertEqual(linkcheck.url.url_norm(url), nurl)