diff --git a/Doc/library/test.rst b/Doc/library/test.rst
--- a/Doc/library/test.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/test.rst
@@ -400,16 +400,39 @@ The :mod:`test.support` module defines t
    otherwise.
 
 
 .. decorator:: skip_unless_symlink()
 
    A decorator for running tests that require support for symbolic links.
 
 
+.. decorator:: skip_on_windows
+               skip_on_windows(reason='skipped on Windows')
+
+   A decorator that will skip the decorated test on Windows.
+
+   Raises :exc:`TypeError` if *reason* is not a :class:`str` object.
+
+   Example usage::
+
+       class SpamTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+           @skip_on_windows
+           def test_spam(self):
+               # test something
+
+           @skip_on_windows('cannot control directory permissions on Windows')
+           def test_eggs(self):
+               # test something else
+
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.4
+
+
 .. function:: suppress_crash_popup()
 
    A context manager that disables Windows Error Reporting dialogs using
    `SetErrorMode <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms680621%28v=vs.85%29.aspx>`_.
    On other platforms it's a no-op.
 
 
 .. decorator:: anticipate_failure(condition)
diff --git a/Lib/test/support.py b/Lib/test/support.py
--- a/Lib/test/support.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support.py
@@ -457,16 +457,30 @@ def requires_mac_ver(*min_version):
                             "Mac OS X %s or higher required, not %s"
                             % (min_version_txt, version_txt))
             return func(*args, **kw)
         wrapper.min_version = min_version
         return wrapper
     return decorator
 
 
+def skip_on_windows(test=None, reason='skipped on Windows'):
+    if not callable(test):
+        if not isinstance(test, str):
+            reason = 'reason must be a string, not {:s}'
+            raise TypeError(reason.format(type(test).__name__))
+        return functools.partial(skip_on_windows, reason=test)
+
+    @functools.wraps(test)
+    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        if sys.platform == 'win32':
+            raise unittest.SkipTest(reason)
+    return wrapper
+
+
 HOST = 'localhost'
 
 def find_unused_port(family=socket.AF_INET, socktype=socket.SOCK_STREAM):
     """Returns an unused port that should be suitable for binding.  This is
     achieved by creating a temporary socket with the same family and type as
     the 'sock' parameter (default is AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM), and binding it to
     the specified host address (defaults to 0.0.0.0) with the port set to 0,
     eliciting an unused ephemeral port from the OS.  The temporary socket is