diff --git a/test/test_imports.py b/test/test_imports.py
index 92ba3ca..9fc9d27 100644
--- a/test/test_imports.py
+++ b/test/test_imports.py
@@ -12,22 +12,39 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+import importlib.machinery
+import sys
 
+import pytest
+
+
+# If this is running on a Python Windows interpreter built in debug mode, skip running tests
+# because we do not have the debug libraries available for PyQt.  It is surprisingly tricky to
+# discover whether the current interpreter was built in debug mode (note that this is different
+# than running the interpreter in debug mode, i.e. PYTHONDEBUG=1).  The only non-deprecated way
+# we've found is to look for _d.pyd in the extension suffixes, so that is what we do here.
+is_windows_debug = sys.platform == 'win32' and '_d.pyd' in importlib.machinery.EXTENSION_SUFFIXES
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(is_windows_debug, reason='Skipping test on Windows Debug')
 def test_import_qtcore():
     from python_qt_binding import QtCore
     assert QtCore is not None
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(is_windows_debug, reason='Skipping test on Windows Debug')
 def test_import_qtgui():
     from python_qt_binding import QtGui
     assert QtGui is not None
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(is_windows_debug, reason='Skipping test on Windows Debug')
 def test_import_qtwidgets():
     from python_qt_binding import QtWidgets
     assert QtWidgets is not None
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(is_windows_debug, reason='Skipping test on Windows Debug')
 def test_import_qtobject():
     from python_qt_binding.QtCore import QObject
     assert QObject is not None