diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/010_pg_basebackup.pl b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/010_pg_basebackup.pl
index e0009c8531..ee0d03512c 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/010_pg_basebackup.pl
+++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/010_pg_basebackup.pl
@@ -311,20 +311,22 @@ $node->command_fails(
 	'-T with invalid format fails');
 
 # Tar format doesn't support filenames longer than 100 bytes.
-# Create the test file via a short name directory so it doesn't blow the
-# Windows path limit.
-my $lftmp = PostgreSQL::Test::Utils::tempdir_short;
-dir_symlink "$pgdata", "$lftmp/pgdata";
-my $superlongname = "superlongname_" . ("x" x 100);
-my $superlongpath = "$lftmp/pgdata/$superlongname";
+SKIP:
+{
+	my $superlongname = "superlongname_" . ("x" x 100);
+	my $superlongpath = "$pgdata/$superlongname";
 
-open my $file, '>', "$superlongpath"
-  or die "unable to create file $superlongpath";
-close $file;
-$node->command_fails(
-	[ @pg_basebackup_defs, '-D', "$tempdir/tarbackup_l1", '-Ft' ],
-	'pg_basebackup tar with long name fails');
-unlink "$superlongpath";
+	skip "File path too long", 1
+	  if $windows_os && length($superlongpath) > 255;
+
+	open my $file, '>', "$superlongpath"
+	  or die "unable to create file $superlongpath";
+	close $file;
+	$node->command_fails(
+		[ @pg_basebackup_defs, '-D', "$tempdir/tarbackup_l1", '-Ft' ],
+		'pg_basebackup tar with long name fails');
+	unlink "$superlongpath";
+}
 
 # The following tests are for symlinks.