diff --git a/tests/bufr_dump_encode_filter.sh b/tests/bufr_dump_encode_filter.sh
index 71277c195..8fde952a6 100755
--- a/tests/bufr_dump_encode_filter.sh
+++ b/tests/bufr_dump_encode_filter.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ cd ${data_dir}/bufr
 #Define a common label for all the tmp files
 label="bufr_dump_encode_filter_test"
 
+if [ $ECCODES_ON_WINDOWS -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "$0: This test is currently disabled on Windows"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 #Create log file
 fLog=${label}".log"
 rm -f $fLog
diff --git a/tests/bufr_ecc-393.sh b/tests/bufr_ecc-393.sh
index 76a092ef5..efe2dd907 100755
--- a/tests/bufr_ecc-393.sh
+++ b/tests/bufr_ecc-393.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
 cd ${data_dir}/bufr
 label="bufr_ecc_393_test"
 
+if [ $ECCODES_ON_WINDOWS -eq 1 ]; then
+    echo "$0: This test is currently disabled on Windows"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 tempRules=temp.${label}.filter
 tempOut=temp.${label}.bufr
 tempText=temp.${label}.txt
diff --git a/tests/bufr_ecc-616.sh b/tests/bufr_ecc-616.sh
index 8aabba9f1..b0ece327c 100755
--- a/tests/bufr_ecc-616.sh
+++ b/tests/bufr_ecc-616.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ tempOut=temp.${label}.txt
 tempRef=temp.${label}.ref
 tempBufr=temp.${label}.bufr
 
+if [ $ECCODES_ON_WINDOWS -eq 1 ]; then
+    echo "$0: This test is currently disabled on Windows"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+
 input=${data_dir}/bufr/israel_observations_2017041010.bufr
 
 cat > $tempRules <<EOF
diff --git a/tests/bufr_filter.sh b/tests/bufr_filter.sh
index 46166ab81..0c12f4b32 100755
--- a/tests/bufr_filter.sh
+++ b/tests/bufr_filter.sh
@@ -418,6 +418,12 @@ rm -f ${f}.ref ${f}.log
 #rm -f new_*bufr 
 #rm -f $testScript $testScript1
 
+if [ $ECCODES_ON_WINDOWS -eq 1 ]; then
+    echo "$0: The rest of this test is currently disabled on Windows"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+
 #-----------------------------------------------------------
 # Test:  packing   
 #-----------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/tests/grib_sh_ieee64.sh b/tests/grib_sh_ieee64.sh
index 43d2b4bb5..1da065c44 100755
--- a/tests/grib_sh_ieee64.sh
+++ b/tests/grib_sh_ieee64.sh
@@ -10,4 +10,9 @@
 
 . ./include.sh
 
+if [ $ECCODES_ON_WINDOWS -eq 1 ]; then
+    echo "$0: This test is currently disabled on Windows"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 exec $test_dir/grib_sh_ieee64