diff --git a/tests/test/twide3.pp b/tests/test/twide3.pp
index 6f862d74d1..2a9bed370a 100644
--- a/tests/test/twide3.pp
+++ b/tests/test/twide3.pp
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+{ %skiptarget=win32,win64,wince }
+{ This test is only usefull if the local codepage is utf-8 which
+  usually not the case on windows
+}
 {$codepage utf-8}
 
 {$mode objfpc}