diff --git a/Lib/test/regrtest.py b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
index b1fd3bb9636e..c5f19ad9b2de 100755
--- a/Lib/test/regrtest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
@@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ def __init__(self):
                 # is distributed with Python
                 WIN_ONLY = ["test_unicode_file", "test_winreg",
                             "test_winsound", "test_startfile",
-                            "test_sqlite"]
+                            "test_sqlite", "test_msilib"]
                 for skip in WIN_ONLY:
                     self.expected.add(skip)
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a4b32ae3e03c..ee75bdad2c73 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -319,6 +319,9 @@ Build
 Tests
 -----
 
+- Issue #11719: Fix message about unexpected test_msilib skip on non-Windows
+  platforms. Patch by Nadeem Vawda.
+
 - Issue #7108: Fix test_commands to not fail when special attributes ('@'
   or '.') appear in 'ls -l' output.