diff --git a/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/copy-test.xml b/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/copy-test.xml
index 05e947c63..9b0148b8a 100644
--- a/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/copy-test.xml
+++ b/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/copy-test.xml
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ public class NullByteStreamResource extends Resource {
     <touch file="${output}/${file}"/>
   </target>
   <target name="makeFileUnwritable" depends="createTestdir">
-    <setpermissions mode="444">
+    <setpermissions mode="444" nonPosixMode="tryDosOrFail">
       <file file="${output}/${file}"/>
     </setpermissions>
   </target>
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ public class NullByteStreamResource extends Resource {
     <mkdir dir="${output}"/>
     <touch file="${input}/somefile"/>
     <touch file="${output}/somefile"/>
-    <setpermissions mode="444">
+    <setpermissions mode="444" nonPosixMode="tryDosOrFail">
       <file file="${output}/somefile"/>
     </setpermissions>
     <au:expectfailure>
diff --git a/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/move-test.xml b/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/move-test.xml
index bc29aa454..3584f9b08 100644
--- a/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/move-test.xml
+++ b/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/move-test.xml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
     <touch file="${output}/${file}"/>
   </target>
   <target name="makeFileUnwritable" depends="createTestdir">
-    <setpermissions mode="444">
+    <setpermissions mode="444" nonPosixMode="tryDosOrFail">
       <file file="${output}/${file}"/>
     </setpermissions>
   </target>
diff --git a/src/tests/antunit/types/resources/selectors/readwrite-test.xml b/src/tests/antunit/types/resources/selectors/readwrite-test.xml
index dfe2d7047..4247875a0 100644
--- a/src/tests/antunit/types/resources/selectors/readwrite-test.xml
+++ b/src/tests/antunit/types/resources/selectors/readwrite-test.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="makeFileUnwritable" depends="createTestdir">
-    <setpermissions mode="444">
+    <setpermissions mode="444" nonPosixMode="tryDosOrFail">
       <file file="${output}/${file}"/>
     </setpermissions>
   </target>
diff --git a/src/tests/antunit/types/selectors/readwrite-test.xml b/src/tests/antunit/types/selectors/readwrite-test.xml
index f81518abb..62dc05237 100644
--- a/src/tests/antunit/types/selectors/readwrite-test.xml
+++ b/src/tests/antunit/types/selectors/readwrite-test.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="makeFileUnwritable" depends="createTestdir">
-    <setpermissions mode="444">
+    <setpermissions mode="444" nonPosixMode="tryDosOrFail">
       <file file="${output}/${file}"/>
     </setpermissions>
   </target>