diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/thread/terminate_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/thread/terminate_spec.rb
index cf6cab472b..e133d77d83 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/thread/terminate_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/thread/terminate_spec.rb
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@ require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
 require_relative 'shared/exit'
 
 describe "Thread#terminate" do
-  it_behaves_like :thread_exit, :terminate
+  platform_is_not :mingw do
+    it_behaves_like :thread_exit, :terminate
+  end
 end