diff --git a/elasticsearch/x-pack/marvel/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/marvel/agent/resolver/MonitoringIndexNameResolverTestCase.java b/elasticsearch/x-pack/marvel/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/marvel/agent/resolver/MonitoringIndexNameResolverTestCase.java
index 1f3f2cded5a..1d913098310 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/x-pack/marvel/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/marvel/agent/resolver/MonitoringIndexNameResolverTestCase.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/x-pack/marvel/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/marvel/agent/resolver/MonitoringIndexNameResolverTestCase.java
@@ -151,8 +151,7 @@ public abstract class MonitoringIndexNameResolverTestCase<M extends MonitoringDo
 
         if (fields != null) {
             for (String field : fields) {
-                assertNotNull("source must contain field [" + field + "] with a non-null value",
-                        XContentMapValues.extractValue(field, sourceFields));
+                assertSourceField(field, sourceFields);
             }
 
             // Checks that no extra fields are present
@@ -173,6 +172,11 @@ public abstract class MonitoringIndexNameResolverTestCase<M extends MonitoringDo
         }
     }
 
+    protected void assertSourceField(String field, Map<String, Object> sourceFields) {
+        assertNotNull("source must contain field [" + field + "] with a non-null value",
+                XContentMapValues.extractValue(field, sourceFields));
+    }
+
     protected static String randomMonitoringId() {
         return randomFrom(MonitoringIds.values()).getId();
     }
diff --git a/elasticsearch/x-pack/marvel/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/marvel/agent/resolver/node/NodeStatsResolverTests.java b/elasticsearch/x-pack/marvel/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/marvel/agent/resolver/node/NodeStatsResolverTests.java
index a7e9b2a0eba..e41cba268da 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/x-pack/marvel/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/marvel/agent/resolver/node/NodeStatsResolverTests.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/x-pack/marvel/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/marvel/agent/resolver/node/NodeStatsResolverTests.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.marvel.agent.resolver.node;
 
+import org.apache.lucene.util.Constants;
 import org.elasticsearch.Version;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.stats.NodeStats;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.stats.CommonStats;
@@ -77,6 +78,15 @@ public class NodeStatsResolverTests extends MonitoringIndexNameResolverTestCase<
         return false;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected void assertSourceField(String field, Map<String, Object> sourceFields) {
+        // Assertions on node stats fields that are not reported on Windows platforms
+        if (Constants.WINDOWS && field.startsWith("node_stats.os.cpu.load_average")) {
+            return;
+        }
+        super.assertSourceField(field, sourceFields);
+    }
+
     public void testNodeStatsResolver() throws IOException {
         NodeStatsMonitoringDoc doc = newMarvelDoc();
         doc.setTimestamp(1437580442979L);