diff --git a/hipify-clang/CMakeLists.txt b/hipify-clang/CMakeLists.txt
index 79d181528b..2b725d7188 100644
--- a/hipify-clang/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/hipify-clang/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ if (HIPIFY_CLANG_TESTS)
 
     require_program(lit)
     require_program(FileCheck)
-    require_program(socat)
+    if(NOT WIN32)
+        require_program(socat)
+    endif()
 
     # Populates CUDA_TOOLKIT_ROOT_DIR, which is then applied to the lit config to give the
     # value of --cuda-path for the test runs.