diff --git a/glib/tests/gdatetime.c b/glib/tests/gdatetime.c
index 4e6559a..c805a8e 100644
--- a/glib/tests/gdatetime.c
+++ b/glib/tests/gdatetime.c
@@ -2441,12 +2441,21 @@
   g_time_zone_unref (tz);
 
   /* Local timezone tests. */
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+  if (g_setenv ("TZ", "SA Eastern Standard Time", TRUE))
+    {
+      tz = g_time_zone_new_local ();
+      g_assert_cmpstr (g_time_zone_get_identifier (tz), ==, "SA Eastern Standard Time");
+      g_time_zone_unref (tz);
+    }
+#else
   if (g_setenv ("TZ", "America/Recife", TRUE))
     {
       tz = g_time_zone_new_local ();
       g_assert_cmpstr (g_time_zone_get_identifier (tz), ==, "America/Recife");
       g_time_zone_unref (tz);
     }
+#endif
 
   if (g_setenv ("TZ", "some rubbish", TRUE))
     {