1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/test/use_disable_mdc_flushes.c b/test/use_disable_mdc_flushes.c
index 5fd013f..67739ac 100644
--- a/test/use_disable_mdc_flushes.c
+++ b/test/use_disable_mdc_flushes.c
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
 
 #include "h5test.h"
 
+/* This test uses many POSIX things that are not available on
+ * Windows. We're using a check for fork(2) here as a proxy for
+ * all POSIX/Unix/Linux things until this test can be made
+ * more platform-independent.
+ */
+#ifdef H5_HAVE_FORK
+
 #define H5D_FRIEND		/*suppress error about including H5Dpkg	  */
 #define H5D_TESTING
 #include "H5Dpkg.h"
@@ -529,3 +536,15 @@ done:
 
     return(ret_value);
 }
+
+#else /* H5_HAVE_FORK */
+
+int
+main(void)
+{
+    HDfprintf(stderr, "Non-POSIX platform. Skipping.\n");
+    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+} /* end main() */
+
+#endif /* H5_HAVE_FORK */
+