diff --git a/testing/test_tmpdir.py b/testing/test_tmpdir.py
index f1b6fe424..3c413e7c2 100644
--- a/testing/test_tmpdir.py
+++ b/testing/test_tmpdir.py
@@ -197,8 +197,10 @@ class TestNumberedDir(object):
             assert d.name.endswith(str(i))
 
         symlink = tmp_path.joinpath(self.PREFIX + "current")
-        assert symlink.is_symlink()
-        assert symlink.resolve() == d.resolve()
+        if symlink.exists():
+            # unix
+            assert symlink.is_symlink()
+            assert symlink.resolve() == d.resolve()
 
     def test_cleanup_lock_create(self, tmp_path):
         d = tmp_path.joinpath("test")