diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index a2ffc594dd5..b7c22c31f83 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -572,6 +572,9 @@ Release 2.6.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-7109. TestDataStorage does not release file locks between tests.
     (cnauroth)
 
+    HDFS-7110. Skip tests related to short-circuit read on platforms that do not
+    currently implement short-circuit read. (cnauroth)
+
 Release 2.5.1 - 2014-09-05
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/TestFsDatasetCacheRevocation.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/TestFsDatasetCacheRevocation.java
index af28ed70652..d5531db8e1e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/TestFsDatasetCacheRevocation.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/TestFsDatasetCacheRevocation.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode;
 
+import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;
+
 import java.io.File;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.nativeio.NativeIO.POSIX.NoMlockCacheManipulator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.unix.DomainSocket;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.unix.TemporarySocketDirectory;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.NativeCodeLoader;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -94,6 +97,7 @@ private static Configuration getDefaultConf() {
    */
   @Test(timeout=120000)
   public void testPinning() throws Exception {
+    assumeTrue(NativeCodeLoader.isNativeCodeLoaded() && !Path.WINDOWS);
     Configuration conf = getDefaultConf();
     // Set a really long revocation timeout, so that we won't reach it during
     // this test.
@@ -143,6 +147,7 @@ public void testPinning() throws Exception {
    */
   @Test(timeout=120000)
   public void testRevocation() throws Exception {
+    assumeTrue(NativeCodeLoader.isNativeCodeLoaded() && !Path.WINDOWS);
     BlockReaderTestUtil.enableHdfsCachingTracing();
     BlockReaderTestUtil.enableShortCircuitShmTracing();
     Configuration conf = getDefaultConf();
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tracing/TestTracingShortCircuitLocalRead.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tracing/TestTracingShortCircuitLocalRead.java
index 7fe8a1eab1e..800cc6bb820 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tracing/TestTracingShortCircuitLocalRead.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tracing/TestTracingShortCircuitLocalRead.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.tracing;
 
+import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;
+
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataInputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.unix.DomainSocket;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.unix.TemporarySocketDirectory;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.NativeCodeLoader;
 import org.htrace.Sampler;
 import org.htrace.Span;
 import org.htrace.Trace;
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ public static void shutdown() throws IOException {
 
   @Test
   public void testShortCircuitTraceHooks() throws IOException {
+    assumeTrue(NativeCodeLoader.isNativeCodeLoaded() && !Path.WINDOWS);
     conf = new Configuration();
     conf.set(SpanReceiverHost.SPAN_RECEIVERS_CONF_KEY,
         TestTracing.SetSpanReceiver.class.getName());