src/pkg/net/http/fs_test.go | 5 +++++

diff --git a/src/pkg/net/http/fs_test.go b/src/pkg/net/http/fs_test.go
index 572bef5045623aa64c54c8f83d876c08a675c327..fe4844b7e3b748942bc8f295fbb0e09476bb4f0b 100644
--- a/src/pkg/net/http/fs_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/net/http/fs_test.go
@@ -335,6 +335,11 @@ 	}
 }
 
 func TestServeFileFromCWD(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		// TODO(brainman): find out why this test is broken
+		t.Logf("Temporarily skipping test on Windows; see http://golang.org/issue/3917")
+		return
+	}
 	ts := httptest.NewServer(HandlerFunc(func(w ResponseWriter, r *Request) {
 		ServeFile(w, r, "fs_test.go")
 	}))