diff --git a/tests/test_microphone.py b/tests/test_microphone.py
index ea399145..e738a4f4 100644
--- a/tests/test_microphone.py
+++ b/tests/test_microphone.py
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
+import sys
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
+import pytest
+
 from speech_recognition.microphone import PyAudioWrapper
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip(sys.platform.startswith("win"), "skip on Windows")
 class TestPyAudioWrapper:
     @patch("pyaudio.PyAudio")
     def test_get_pyaudio(self, PyAudio):