diff --git a/test/DOM_wide/main.cpp b/test/DOM_wide/main.cpp
index e1440cfe..bd0a79ed 100644
--- a/test/DOM_wide/main.cpp
+++ b/test/DOM_wide/main.cpp
@@ -2,12 +2,20 @@
 #pragma warning(disable: 4786 4250 4503)
 #endif
 
+#ifndef ARABICA_NO_WCHAR_T
+#include <iostream>
+#endif 
+
 #include "../DOM/dom_test_suite.hpp"
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////
 int main(int argc, const char* argv[])
 {
+#ifndef ARABICA_NO_WCHAR_T
   DOM_test_suite<std::wstring, Arabica::default_string_adaptor<std::wstring> >(argc, argv);
+#else
+	std::cout << "No DOM_wide tests on this platform :)" << std::endl;
+#endif
 
   return 0;
 } // main
diff --git a/test/SAX2DOM/main.cpp b/test/SAX2DOM/main.cpp
index fb3ed3cc..748ae637 100644
--- a/test/SAX2DOM/main.cpp
+++ b/test/SAX2DOM/main.cpp
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[])
 
   runner.addTest("SAX2DOMTest", SAXTest_suite<std::string, Arabica::default_string_adaptor<std::string> >());
   runner.addTest("SAX2DOMTest_silly", SAXTest_suite<silly_string, silly_string_adaptor>());
+#ifndef ARABICA_NO_WCHAR_T
   runner.addTest("SAX2DOMTest_wide", SAXTest_suite<std::wstring, Arabica::default_string_adaptor<std::wstring> >());
-
+#endif
   runner.run(argc, argv);
 
   return 0;
diff --git a/test/XPath_wide/main.cpp b/test/XPath_wide/main.cpp
index 7d1d537c..c30198e5 100644
--- a/test/XPath_wide/main.cpp
+++ b/test/XPath_wide/main.cpp
@@ -3,14 +3,19 @@
 #pragma warning(disable:4224 4267)
 #endif
 
+#ifndef ARABICA_NO_WCHAR_T
 #include <iostream>
+#endif
+
 #include "../XPath/xpath_test_suite.hpp"
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////
 int main(int argc, const char** argv)
 {
-  std::cout << "Hello" << std::endl;
-
+#ifndef ARABICA_NO_WCHAR_T
   XPath_test_suite<std::wstring, Arabica::default_string_adaptor<std::wstring> >(argc, argv);
+#else
+  std::cout << "No wide tests on this platform" << std::endl;
+#endif
 } // main
 
diff --git a/test/silly_string/silly_string.cpp b/test/silly_string/silly_string.cpp
index fcdf378b..e38ba2d7 100644
--- a/test/silly_string/silly_string.cpp
+++ b/test/silly_string/silly_string.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ silly_string silly_string_adaptor::construct_from_utf8(const char* str, int leng
   return s;
 } // construct_from_utf8
 
+#ifndef ARABICA_NO_WCHAR_T
 silly_string silly_string_adaptor::construct_from_utf16(const wchar_t* str)
 {
   Arabica::convert::basic_oconvertstream<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t>,
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ silly_string silly_string_adaptor::construct_from_utf16(const wchar_t* str, int
   s.s_ = narrower.str();
   return s;
 } // construct_from_utf16
+#endif
 
 bool silly_string_adaptor::empty(const silly_string& s)
 {
diff --git a/test/silly_string/silly_string.hpp b/test/silly_string/silly_string.hpp
index fa8856d8..e60f9d31 100644
--- a/test/silly_string/silly_string.hpp
+++ b/test/silly_string/silly_string.hpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ private:
   friend class silly_string_adaptor;
 }; // class silly_string
 
-class silly_string_adaptor
+class silly_string_adaptor 
 {
 public:
   typedef silly_string string_type;
@@ -52,9 +52,10 @@ public:
   static char convert_from_utf8(char c);
   static silly_string construct_from_utf8(const char* str);
   static silly_string construct_from_utf8(const char* str, int length);
+#ifndef ARABICA_NO_WCHAR_T
   static silly_string construct_from_utf16(const wchar_t* str);
   static silly_string construct_from_utf16(const wchar_t* str, int length);
-
+#endif
 
   // here we go
   static bool empty(const silly_string& s);