diff --git a/t/filesystem.t b/t/filesystem.t
index 3b20acd..b07688d 100644
--- a/t/filesystem.t
+++ b/t/filesystem.t
@@ -417,10 +417,17 @@ SKIP: {
     $file->spew("Hello World\n");
     skip "symlink unavailable", 1 unless has_symlinks();
     eval { symlink $file => $link };
-    ok( $link->lstat->size, "lstat" );
-
-    is( $link->realpath, $file->realpath, "realpath resolves symlinks" );
-
+    if ($^O eq "MSWin32") {
+        ok( $link->lstat->size == 0, "lstat->size returns zero on Windows" );
+    }
+    else {
+        ok( $link->lstat->size, "lstat->size returns nonzero" );
+    }
+    SKIP: {
+        skip "realpath of symlink not working correctly on Windows for perl <= 5.37.5"
+           if $^O eq "MSWin32" and "$]" <= 5.037005;
+        is( $link->realpath, $file->realpath, "realpath resolves symlinks" );
+    }
     ok $link->remove, 'remove symbolic link';
     ok $file->remove;