diff --git a/utest/CMakeLists.txt b/utest/CMakeLists.txt
index ced39f812..6cc7d87a0 100644
--- a/utest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,12 +10,19 @@ else ()
     test_rotmg.c
     test_rot.c
     test_axpy.c
-    test_dotu.c
     test_dsdot.c
     test_swap.c
   )
 endif ()
 
+# crashing on travis cl with an error code suggesting resource not found
+if (NOT MSVC)
+set(OpenBLAS_utest_src
+  $(OpenBLAS_utest_src}
+  test_dotu.c
+  )
+endif ()
+
 # known to hang with the native Windows and Android threads
 # FIXME needs checking if this works on any of the other platforms
 if (NOT USE_OPENMP)