diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
index e56e0d20844ec5..4d3e34b3d0ee41 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
@@ -1520,6 +1520,11 @@ def test_resolve_common(self):
             self._check_resolve_relative(p, P(BASE, 'foo', 'in', 'spam'), False)
         # Now create absolute symlinks
         d = tempfile.mkdtemp(suffix='-dirD')
+        # bpo-32907: Canonicalize the temporary directory path since
+        # it is used in comparisons with other canonicalized paths below.
+        # Use Path.resolve() instead of os.path.realpath() to ensure that
+        # symlinks and "short" (8.3) filenames are resolved on Windows.
+        d = str(P(d).resolve())
         self.addCleanup(support.rmtree, d)
         os.symlink(os.path.join(d), join('dirA', 'linkX'))
         os.symlink(join('dirB'), os.path.join(d, 'linkY'))
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2018-02-23-02-01-40.bpo-32907.kno5Ua.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2018-02-23-02-01-40.bpo-32907.kno5Ua.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..65d64b7b463bdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2018-02-23-02-01-40.bpo-32907.kno5Ua.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix test_pathlib to not fail if tempfile.mkdtemp() returns a non-canonical
+path.