diff --git a/tests/test_sftp.py b/tests/test_sftp.py
index 3036637..3377621 100755
--- a/tests/test_sftp.py
+++ b/tests/test_sftp.py
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ class SFTPTest (unittest.TestCase):
             sftp.utime(FOLDER + '/special', (atime, mtime))
             stat = sftp.stat(FOLDER + '/special')
             self.assertEqual(stat.st_mtime, mtime)
-            if sys.platform != 'win32':
+            if sys.platform not in ('win32', 'cygwin'):
                 self.assertEqual(stat.st_atime, atime)
 
             # can't really test chown, since we'd have to know a valid uid.
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ class SFTPTest (unittest.TestCase):
             f.utime((atime, mtime))
             stat = f.stat()
             self.assertEqual(stat.st_mtime, mtime)
-            if sys.platform != 'win32':
+            if sys.platform not in ('win32', 'cygwin'):
                 self.assertEqual(stat.st_atime, atime)
             
             # can't really test chown, since we'd have to know a valid uid.