diff --git a/py/_process/killproc.py b/py/_process/killproc.py
index fdcd9fe5b..8fa628cbd 100644
--- a/py/_process/killproc.py
+++ b/py/_process/killproc.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import py
 import os, sys
 
-if sys.platform == "win32":
+if sys.platform == "win32" or getattr(os, '_name', '') == 'nt':
     try:
         import ctypes
     except ImportError:
diff --git a/testing/process/test_killproc.py b/testing/process/test_killproc.py
index 4c89eb1d9..57088e1db 100644
--- a/testing/process/test_killproc.py
+++ b/testing/process/test_killproc.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 import py, sys
 
+@py.test.mark.skipif("sys.platform.startswith('java')")
 def test_kill(tmpdir):
     subprocess = py.test.importorskip("subprocess")
     t = tmpdir.join("t.py")