--- a/src/test/perl/TestLib.pm
+++ b/src/test/perl/TestLib.pm
@@ -242,7 +288,17 @@ sub command_exit_is
 	print("# Running: " . join(" ", @{$cmd}) ."\n");
 	my $h = start $cmd;
 	$h->finish();
-	is($h->result(0), $expected, $test_name);
+
+	# On Windows, the exit status of the process is returned directly as the
+	# process's exit code, while on Unix, it's returned in the high bits
+	# of the exit code (see WEXITSTATUS macro in the standard <sys/wait.h>
+	# header file). IPC::Run's result function always returns exit code >> 8,
+	# assuming the Unix convention, which will always return 0 on Windows as
+	# long as the process was not terminated by an exception. To work around
+	# that, use $h->full_result on Windows instead.
+	my $result = ($Config{osname} eq "MSWin32") ?
+		($h->full_results)[0] : $h->result(0);
+	is($result, $expected, $test_name);
 }