diff --git a/Lib/test/test_os.py b/Lib/test/test_os.py
index 07682f2bf9a..3ad21a1aa08 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_os.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_os.py
@@ -836,7 +836,11 @@ def setUp(self):
         if support.can_symlink():
             os.symlink(os.path.abspath(t2_path), self.link_path)
             os.symlink('broken', broken_link_path, True)
-            self.sub2_tree = (sub2_path, ["link"], ["broken_link", "tmp3"])
+            if os.path.isdir(broken_link_path):
+                # On Windows a symlink can has the FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY flag.
+                self.sub2_tree = (sub2_path, ["broken_link", "link"], ["tmp3"])
+            else:
+                self.sub2_tree = (sub2_path, ["link"], ["broken_link", "tmp3"])
         else:
             self.sub2_tree = (sub2_path, [], ["tmp3"])