diff --git a/Lib/test/test_site.py b/Lib/test/test_site.py
index fb41fc9b25f..9b31a3945c5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_site.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_site.py
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ def test_addpackage_import_bad_exec(self):
         self.assertRegex(err_out.getvalue(), 'Traceback')
         self.assertRegex(err_out.getvalue(), 'ImportError')
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == "win32", "Windows does not raise an "
+                      "error for file paths containing null characters")
     def test_addpackage_import_bad_pth_file(self):
         # Issue 5258
         pth_dir, pth_fn = self.make_pth("abc\x00def\n")