diff --git a/test/addons/load-long-path/test.js b/test/addons/load-long-path/test.js
index 1de2b85fe9..a4f3cb12dc 100644
--- a/test/addons/load-long-path/test.js
+++ b/test/addons/load-long-path/test.js
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const assert = require('assert');
 
+if (common.isWOW64) {
+  common.skip('doesn\'t work on WOW64');
+  return;
+}
+
 common.refreshTmpDir();
 
 // make a path that is more than 260 chars long.
diff --git a/test/common.js b/test/common.js
index b0fbfd275f..5aefdc3bce 100644
--- a/test/common.js
+++ b/test/common.js
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ exports.libDir = path.join(exports.testDir, '../lib');
 exports.tmpDirName = 'tmp';
 exports.PORT = +process.env.NODE_COMMON_PORT || 12346;
 exports.isWindows = process.platform === 'win32';
+exports.isWOW64 = exports.isWindows &&
+                  (process.env['PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432'] !== undefined);
 exports.isAix = process.platform === 'aix';
 exports.isLinuxPPCBE = (process.platform === 'linux') &&
                        (process.arch === 'ppc64') &&