diff --git a/rostests/apitests/CMakeLists.txt b/rostests/apitests/CMakeLists.txt
index adbfb6482ff..4ac4b3027d2 100644
--- a/rostests/apitests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rostests/apitests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ add_subdirectory(gdi32)
 add_subdirectory(ntdll)
 add_subdirectory(user32)
 
+if(NOT MSVC)
 if(ARCH MATCHES i386)
 add_subdirectory(w32kdll)
 add_subdirectory(w32knapi)
 endif()
+endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(ws2_32)