diff --git a/src/libglob/lib.rs b/src/libglob/lib.rs
index 90afee65264..39193547bf1 100644
--- a/src/libglob/lib.rs
+++ b/src/libglob/lib.rs
@@ -680,6 +680,7 @@ mod test {
     }
 
     #[test]
+    #[ignore(cfg(windows))] // FIXME (#9406)
     fn test_lots_of_files() {
         // this is a good test because it touches lots of differently named files
         glob("/*/*/*/*").skip(10000).next();