diff --git a/tools/test_idf_py/test_idf_qemu.py b/tools/test_idf_py/test_idf_qemu.py
index 27da2f511b..b7bbaf1e2f 100755
--- a/tools/test_idf_py/test_idf_qemu.py
+++ b/tools/test_idf_py/test_idf_qemu.py
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ import sys
 import tempfile
 import unittest
 
-import pexpect
+if sys.platform == 'win32':
+    import pytest
+
+    pytest.skip('pexpect.spawn is not available on Windows', allow_module_level=True)
+else:
+    import pexpect
 
 
 class IdfPyQemuTest(unittest.TestCase):