diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/too-much-recursion.rs b/src/test/run-pass/too-much-recursion.rs
index a10774d8f2b9..03d537d0ca61 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/too-much-recursion.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/too-much-recursion.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// xfail-win32
 // error-pattern:ran out of stack
 
 // Test that the task fails after hiting the recursion limit, but