diff --git a/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_init.py b/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_init.py
index 5ea543bf748982..ca612db17ce802 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_init.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_init.py
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ def test_spawn(self):
         self._test(ProcessPoolSpawnFailingInitializerTest)
 
     @support.skip_if_sanitizer("TSAN doesn't support threads after fork", thread=True)
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == "cygwin",
+                     "Forkserver is not available on Cygwin")
     def test_forkserver(self):
         self._test(ProcessPoolForkserverFailingInitializerTest)
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_process_pool.py b/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_process_pool.py
index 731419a48bd128..da70d910dc3561 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_process_pool.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/test_process_pool.py
@@ -115,11 +115,12 @@ def test_traceback_when_child_process_terminates_abruptly(self):
             with self.assertRaises(BrokenProcessPool) as bpe:
                 future.result()
 
-        cause = bpe.exception.__cause__
-        self.assertIsInstance(cause, futures.process._RemoteTraceback)
-        self.assertIn(
-            f"terminated abruptly with exit code {exit_code}", cause.tb
-        )
+        if sys.platform != 'cygwin':
+            cause = bpe.exception.__cause__
+            self.assertIsInstance(cause, futures.process._RemoteTraceback)
+            self.assertIn(
+                f"terminated abruptly with exit code {exit_code}", cause.tb
+            )
 
     @warnings_helper.ignore_fork_in_thread_deprecation_warnings()
     @hashlib_helper.requires_hashdigest('md5')
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/util.py b/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/util.py
index 2a9e55152b82d5..006360c8d941c9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/util.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures/util.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def get_context(self):
             _check_system_limits()
         except NotImplementedError:
             self.skipTest("ProcessPoolExecutor unavailable on this system")
-        if sys.platform == "win32":
+        if sys.platform in ("win32", "cygwin"):
             self.skipTest("require unix system")
         if support.check_sanitizer(thread=True):
             self.skipTest("TSAN doesn't support threads after fork")