diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pdb.py b/Lib/test/test_pdb.py
index 1570873..fc23e14 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pdb.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pdb.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # A test suite for pdb; not very comprehensive at the moment.
-
+import os
 import imp
 import pdb
 import sys
@@ -631,6 +631,7 @@
         self.assertNotIn(b'SyntaxError', stdout,
                          "Got a syntax error running test script under PDB")
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(os.name == 'nt', "temporarily disabled on Windows")
     def test_issue13183(self):
         script = """
             from bar import bar