diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py b/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py
index b2b5390af33b00..0e00ff1d0cc366 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tempfile.py
@@ -511,6 +511,8 @@ def test_noinherit(self):
         self.assertFalse(retval > 0, "child process reports failure %d"%retval)
 
     @unittest.skipUnless(has_textmode, "text mode not available")
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == "cygwin",
+                     "truncate text mode is not supported on Cygwin")
     def test_textmode(self):
         # _mkstemp_inner can create files in text mode