diff --git a/tests/test_socketutils.py b/tests/test_socketutils.py
index 9c02435..8e002dc 100644
--- a/tests/test_socketutils.py
+++ b/tests/test_socketutils.py
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ def test_client_disconnecting():
     except socket.error:
         assert by.getsendbuffer() == b'123'
     else:
-        assert False, 'expected socket.error broken pipe'
+        if sys.platform != 'win32':  # Windows socketpairs are kind of bad
+            assert False, 'expected socket.error broken pipe'
 
     by.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
     by.close()