diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index aff6990240..7f259616dc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3502,6 +3502,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "roc_reporting",
  "roc_target",
  "serde",
+ "serial_test",
  "target-lexicon",
  "tempfile",
 ]
diff --git a/crates/linker/Cargo.toml b/crates/linker/Cargo.toml
index 6cde89ada0..ea6d76ea14 100644
--- a/crates/linker/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/linker/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ tempfile.workspace = true
 [dev-dependencies]
 indoc.workspace = true
 libc.workspace = true
+serial_test.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/linker/src/pe.rs b/crates/linker/src/pe.rs
index 1022ad3329..a20ea29342 100644
--- a/crates/linker/src/pe.rs
+++ b/crates/linker/src/pe.rs
@@ -1359,6 +1359,7 @@ mod test {
 
     use crate::preprocessed_host_filename;
     use indoc::indoc;
+    use serial_test::serial;
     use target_lexicon::Triple;
 
     use super::*;
@@ -1834,12 +1835,14 @@ mod test {
     }
 
     #[cfg(windows)]
+    #[serial(zig_build)]
     #[test]
     fn basics_windows() {
         assert_eq!("Hello, 234567 32 1 3!\n", windows_test(test_basics))
     }
 
     #[test]
+    #[serial(zig_build)]
     #[ignore]
     fn basics_wine() {
         assert_eq!("Hello, 234567 32 1 3!\n", wine_test(test_basics))
@@ -1876,12 +1879,14 @@ mod test {
     }
 
     #[cfg(windows)]
+    #[serial(zig_build)]
     #[test]
     fn app_internal_relocations_windows() {
         assert_eq!("Hello foo\n", windows_test(test_internal_relocations))
     }
 
     #[ignore]
+    #[serial(zig_build)]
     #[test]
     fn app_internal_relocations_wine() {
         assert_eq!("Hello foo\n", wine_test(test_internal_relocations))