diff --git a/src/cmd/cgo/internal/testtls/tls.c b/src/cmd/cgo/internal/testtls/tls.c
index 0e2bbee542..8839cc8676 100644
--- a/src/cmd/cgo/internal/testtls/tls.c
+++ b/src/cmd/cgo/internal/testtls/tls.c
@@ -2,13 +2,18 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-// Darwin does not have __thread.
+#include <stddef.h>
 
-//go:build cgo && unix && !darwin
+#if __STDC_VERSION__ >= 201112L && !defined(__STDC_NO_THREADS__)
 
-#include <pthread.h>
+// Mingw seems not to have threads.h, so we use the _Thread_local keyword rather
+// than the thread_local macro.
+static _Thread_local int tls;
 
-static __thread int tls;
+const char *
+checkTLS() {
+	return NULL;
+}
 
 void
 setTLS(int v)
@@ -21,3 +26,22 @@ getTLS()
 {
 	return tls;
 }
+
+#else
+
+const char *
+checkTLS() {
+	return "_Thread_local requires C11 and not __STDC_NO_THREADS__";
+}
+
+void
+setTLS(int v) {
+}
+
+int
+getTLS()
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/cmd/cgo/internal/testtls/tls.go b/src/cmd/cgo/internal/testtls/tls.go
index eb59ad41eb..78628f5caa 100644
--- a/src/cmd/cgo/internal/testtls/tls.go
+++ b/src/cmd/cgo/internal/testtls/tls.go
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-//go:build cgo && unix && !darwin
-
 package cgotlstest
 
-// #include <pthread.h>
+// extern const char *checkTLS();
 // extern void setTLS(int);
 // extern int getTLS();
 import "C"
@@ -17,6 +15,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 func testTLS(t *testing.T) {
+	if skip := C.checkTLS(); skip != nil {
+		t.Skipf("%s", C.GoString(skip))
+	}
+
 	runtime.LockOSThread()
 	defer runtime.UnlockOSThread()
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/cgo/internal/testtls/tls_none.go b/src/cmd/cgo/internal/testtls/tls_none.go
index 81c9c5e23d..b6033fb76d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/cgo/internal/testtls/tls_none.go
+++ b/src/cmd/cgo/internal/testtls/tls_none.go
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-//go:build !(cgo && unix && !darwin)
+//go:build !cgo
 
 package cgotlstest
 
 import "testing"
 
 func testTLS(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Skip("__thread is not supported")
+	t.Skip("cgo not supported")
 }