diff --git a/tests/controls/textctrltest.cpp b/tests/controls/textctrltest.cpp
index eb75947272..9639f26b2d 100644
--- a/tests/controls/textctrltest.cpp
+++ b/tests/controls/textctrltest.cpp
@@ -525,6 +525,9 @@ void TextCtrlTestCase::LogTextCtrl()
 
 void TextCtrlTestCase::LongText()
 {
+    // This test is only possible under MSW as in the other ports
+    // SetMaxLength() can't be used with multi line text controls.
+#ifdef __WXMSW__
     delete m_text;
     CreateText(wxTE_MULTILINE|wxTE_DONTWRAP);
 
@@ -554,6 +557,7 @@ void TextCtrlTestCase::LongText()
         wxString line = m_text->GetLineText(i);
         CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( line, pattern );
     }
+#endif // __WXMSW__
 }
 
 void TextCtrlTestCase::PositionToCoords()