diff --git a/ropetest/projecttest.py b/ropetest/projecttest.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/ropetest/projecttest.py
+++ b/ropetest/projecttest.py
@@ -450,7 +450,8 @@ class ProjectTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(myfolder, path_to_resource(
                           self.project, myfolder.real_path, type='folder'))
 
-    def test_getting_files(self):
+    @testutils.run_only_for_unix
+    def test_ignoring_symlinks_inside_project(self):
         project2 = testutils.sample_project(folder_name='sampleproject2')
         mod = project2.root.create_file('mod.py')
         try:
diff --git a/ropetest/testutils.py b/ropetest/testutils.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/ropetest/testutils.py
+++ b/ropetest/testutils.py
@@ -62,6 +62,16 @@ def run_only_for_25(func):
         return do_nothing
 
 
+def run_only_for_unix(func):
+    """Should be used as a decorator for a unittest.TestCase test method"""
+    if os.name == 'posix':
+        return func
+    else:
+        def do_nothing(self):
+            pass
+        return do_nothing
+
+
 def assert_raises(exception_class):
     """Should be used as a decorator for a unittest.TestCase test method"""
     def _assert_raises(func):
not running symlink test on windows