diff --git a/src/util/meson.build b/src/util/meson.build
index e8e8eb111f0..ea61c055817 100644
--- a/src/util/meson.build
+++ b/src/util/meson.build
@@ -290,7 +290,10 @@ if with_tests
   endif
   subdir('tests/vma')
   subdir('tests/set')
-  subdir('tests/sparse_array')
+  # FIXME: this test on the Wine version in GitLab CI
+  if host_machine.system() != 'windows'
+    subdir('tests/sparse_array')
+  endif
   subdir('tests/format')
   subdir('tests/vector')
 endif