diff --git a/lib/std/fs/test.zig b/lib/std/fs/test.zig
index c953b529fa18..15c8307f586c 100644
--- a/lib/std/fs/test.zig
+++ b/lib/std/fs/test.zig
@@ -1434,3 +1434,18 @@ test "delete a read-only file on windows" {
     file.close();
     try tmp.dir.deleteFile("test_file");
 }
+
+test "delete a setAsCwd directory on Windows" {
+    if (builtin.os.tag != .windows) return error.SkipZigTest;
+
+    var tmp = tmpDir(.{});
+    // Set tmp dir as current working directory.
+    try tmp.dir.setAsCwd();
+    tmp.dir.close();
+    try testing.expectError(error.FileBusy, tmp.parent_dir.deleteTree(&tmp.sub_path));
+    // Now set the parent dir as the current working dir for clean up.
+    try tmp.parent_dir.setAsCwd();
+    try tmp.parent_dir.deleteTree(&tmp.sub_path);
+    // Close the parent "tmp" so we don't leak the HANDLE.
+    tmp.parent_dir.close();
+}
diff --git a/test/standalone/windows_spawn/main.zig b/test/standalone/windows_spawn/main.zig
index eb60236587c6..1706a5a8497c 100644
--- a/test/standalone/windows_spawn/main.zig
+++ b/test/standalone/windows_spawn/main.zig
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ pub fn main() anyerror!void {
 
     // Now let's set the tmp dir as the cwd and set the path only include the "something" sub dir
     try tmp.dir.setAsCwd();
+    defer tmp.parent_dir.setAsCwd() catch {};
     const something_subdir_abs_path = try std.mem.concatWithSentinel(allocator, u16, &.{ tmp_absolute_path_w, utf16Literal("\\something") }, 0);
     defer allocator.free(something_subdir_abs_path);