diff --git a/h2.t b/h2.t
index 436db1e..12ac862 100644
--- a/h2.t
+++ b/h2.t
@@ -1117,9 +1117,6 @@
 
 # GOAWAY without awaiting active streams, further streams ignored
 
-SKIP: {
-skip 'win32', 3 if $^O eq 'MSWin32';
-
 TODO: {
 local $TODO = 'not yet' unless $t->has_version('1.11.6');
 
@@ -1127,7 +1124,7 @@
 $sid = $s->new_stream({ path => '/t1.html' });
 $s->read(all => [{ sid => $sid, length => 2**16 - 1 }]);
 
-kill 'HUP', $t->read_file('nginx.pid');
+$t->reload();
 
 $frames = $s->read(all => [{ type => 'GOAWAY' }]);
 
@@ -1150,8 +1147,6 @@
 $sum = eval join '+', map { $_->{length} } @data;
 is($sum, 81, 'GOAWAY with active stream - active stream DATA after GOAWAY');
 
-}
-
 # GOAWAY - force closing a connection by server with idle or active streams
 
 $s = Test::Nginx::HTTP2->new();
diff --git a/lib/Test/Nginx.pm b/lib/Test/Nginx.pm
index e37f3d5..ee5a635 100644
--- a/lib/Test/Nginx.pm
+++ b/lib/Test/Nginx.pm
@@ -421,6 +421,29 @@
 	return undef;
 }
 
+sub reload() {
+	my ($self) = @_;
+
+	return $self unless $self->{_started};
+
+	my $pid = $self->read_file('nginx.pid');
+
+	if ($^O eq 'MSWin32') {
+		my $testdir = $self->{_testdir};
+		my @globals = $self->{_test_globals} ?
+			() : ('-g', "pid $testdir/nginx.pid; "
+			. "error_log $testdir/error.log debug;");
+		system($NGINX, '-p', $testdir, '-c', "nginx.conf",
+			'-s', 'reload', @globals) == 0
+			or die "system() failed: $?\n";
+
+	} else {
+		kill 'HUP', $pid;
+	}
+
+	return $self;
+}
+
 sub stop() {
 	my ($self) = @_;
 
diff --git a/worker_shutdown_timeout.t b/worker_shutdown_timeout.t
index ca81298..803b8fe 100644
--- a/worker_shutdown_timeout.t
+++ b/worker_shutdown_timeout.t
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 select STDERR; $| = 1;
 select STDOUT; $| = 1;
 
-plan(skip_all => 'win32') if $^O eq 'MSWin32';
-
 my $t = Test::Nginx->new()->has(qw/http/)
 	->write_file_expand('nginx.conf', <<'EOF');
 
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@
 
 select undef, undef, undef, 0.2;
 
-kill 'HUP', $t->read_file('nginx.pid');
+$t->reload();
 
 if (IO::Select->new($s)->can_read(5)) {
 	Test::Nginx::log_core('||', "select: can_read");