diff --git a/distutils/tests/test_mingwccompiler.py b/distutils/tests/test_mingwccompiler.py
index fd201cd7..28f4762b 100644
--- a/distutils/tests/test_mingwccompiler.py
+++ b/distutils/tests/test_mingwccompiler.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ def test_cygwincc_error(self, monkeypatch):
         with pytest.raises(CCompilerError):
             distutils.cygwinccompiler.Mingw32CCompiler()
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif('sys.platform == "cygwin"')
     def test_customize_compiler_with_msvc_python(self):
         from distutils.cygwinccompiler import Mingw32CCompiler