diff --git a/test/recipes/01-test_symbol_presence.t b/test/recipes/01-test_symbol_presence.t
index 5be59bb7e1..efe0760c25 100644
--- a/test/recipes/01-test_symbol_presence.t
+++ b/test/recipes/01-test_symbol_presence.t
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ use platform;
 plan skip_all => "Test is disabled on NonStop" if config('target') =~ m|^nonstop|;
 # MacOS arranges symbol names differently
 plan skip_all => "Test is disabled on MacOS" if config('target') =~ m|^darwin|;
-plan skip_all => "Test is disabled on MinGW" if config('target') =~ m|^mingw|;
+plan skip_all => "This is unsupported on MSYS, MinGW or MSWin32"
+    if $^O eq 'msys' or $^O eq 'MSWin32' or config('target') =~ m|^mingw|;
 plan skip_all => "Only useful when building shared libraries"
     if disabled("shared");