diff --git a/tests/virauthconfigtest.c b/tests/virauthconfigtest.c
index e3bd927dcb..20855f004e 100644
--- a/tests/virauthconfigtest.c
+++ b/tests/virauthconfigtest.c
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ mymain(void)
 
     virAuthConfigPtr config;
 
+#ifndef WIN32
     signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
+#endif /* WIN32 */
 
 #define TEST_LOOKUP(config, hostname, service, credname, expect) \
     do  { \
diff --git a/tests/virkeyfiletest.c b/tests/virkeyfiletest.c
index b1236a47e1..abdf06c4a7 100644
--- a/tests/virkeyfiletest.c
+++ b/tests/virkeyfiletest.c
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ mymain(void)
 {
     int ret = 0;
 
+#ifndef WIN32
     signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
+#endif /* WIN32 */
 
     if (virTestRun("Test parse", testParse, NULL) < 0)
         ret = -1;
diff --git a/tests/virlockspacetest.c b/tests/virlockspacetest.c
index 40395e8c72..3afedb4c46 100644
--- a/tests/virlockspacetest.c
+++ b/tests/virlockspacetest.c
@@ -342,7 +342,9 @@ mymain(void)
 {
     int ret = 0;
 
+#ifndef WIN32
     signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
+#endif /* WIN32 */
 
     if (virTestRun("Lockspace creation", testLockSpaceCreate, NULL) < 0)
         ret = -1;
diff --git a/tests/virnetmessagetest.c b/tests/virnetmessagetest.c
index b0a01e8b9d..a207f2d85f 100644
--- a/tests/virnetmessagetest.c
+++ b/tests/virnetmessagetest.c
@@ -525,7 +525,9 @@ mymain(void)
 {
     int ret = 0;
 
+#ifndef WIN32
     signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
+#endif /* WIN32 */
 
     if (virTestRun("Message Header Encode", testMessageHeaderEncode, NULL) < 0)
         ret = -1;
diff --git a/tests/virnetsockettest.c b/tests/virnetsockettest.c
index af11a0f6e8..9dfc707c90 100644
--- a/tests/virnetsockettest.c
+++ b/tests/virnetsockettest.c
@@ -522,7 +522,9 @@ mymain(void)
     int freePort;
 #endif
 
+#ifndef WIN32
     signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
+#endif /* WIN32 */
 
     virEventRegisterDefaultImpl();
 
diff --git a/tests/virtimetest.c b/tests/virtimetest.c
index f9ac55192d..5736245722 100644
--- a/tests/virtimetest.c
+++ b/tests/virtimetest.c
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ mymain(void)
 {
     int ret = 0;
 
+#ifndef WIN32
     signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
+#endif /* WIN32 */
 
 #define TEST_FIELDS(ts, year, mon, day, hour, min, sec) \
     do { \
diff --git a/tests/viruritest.c b/tests/viruritest.c
index 07cf7261d1..0edf3e5522 100644
--- a/tests/viruritest.c
+++ b/tests/viruritest.c
@@ -145,7 +145,9 @@ mymain(void)
 {
     int ret = 0;
 
+#ifndef WIN32
     signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
+#endif /* WIN32 */
 
 #define TEST_FULL(uri, uri_out, scheme, server, port, path, query, \
                   fragment, user, params) \