diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
index 6f3b2a4df890bf..e14b0fca55360f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
@@ -2617,6 +2617,7 @@ def test_walk_follow_symlinks(self):
         else:
             self.fail("Didn't follow symlink with follow_symlinks=True")
 
+    @os_helper.skip_unless_symlink
     def test_walk_symlink_location(self):
         # Tests whether symlinks end up in filenames or dirnames depending
         # on the `follow_symlinks` argument.