diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/010_pg_basebackup.pl b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/010_pg_basebackup.pl
index 29d0ae0a42..80806414db 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/010_pg_basebackup.pl
+++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/010_pg_basebackup.pl
@@ -196,17 +196,23 @@ $node->command_fails(
 	[ 'pg_basebackup', '-D', "$tempdir/backup_foo", '-Fp', "-Tfoo" ],
 	'-T with invalid format fails');
 
-# Tar format doesn't support filenames longer than 100 bytes.
 my $superlongname = "superlongname_" . ("x" x 100);
-my $superlongpath = "$pgdata/$superlongname";
+# Tar format doesn't support filenames longer than 100 bytes.
+SKIP:
+{
+	my $superlongpath = "$pgdata/$superlongname";
 
-open my $file, '>', "$superlongpath"
-  or die "unable to create file $superlongpath";
-close $file;
-$node->command_fails(
-	[ 'pg_basebackup', '-D', "$tempdir/tarbackup_l1", '-Ft' ],
-	'pg_basebackup tar with long name fails');
-unlink "$pgdata/$superlongname";
+	skip "File path too long", 1
+	  if $windows_os && length($superlongpath) > 255;
+
+	open my $file, '>', "$superlongpath"
+	  or die "unable to create file $superlongpath";
+	close $file;
+	$node->command_fails(
+		[ 'pg_basebackup', '-D', "$tempdir/tarbackup_l1", '-Ft' ],
+		'pg_basebackup tar with long name fails');
+	unlink "$superlongpath";
+}
 
 # The following tests test symlinks. Windows doesn't have symlinks, so
 # skip on Windows.