diff --git a/test/gmock-nice-strict_test.cc b/test/gmock-nice-strict_test.cc
index 15984a55..0dc71069 100644
--- a/test/gmock-nice-strict_test.cc
+++ b/test/gmock-nice-strict_test.cc
@@ -173,16 +173,21 @@ TEST(NiceMockTest, NonDefaultConstructor10) {
   nice_bar.That(5, true);
 }
 
+#if !GTEST_OS_SYMBIAN
 // Tests that NiceMock<Mock> compiles where Mock is a user-defined
 // class (as opposed to ::testing::Mock).  We had to workaround an
 // MSVC 8.0 bug that caused the symbol Mock used in the definition of
 // NiceMock to be looked up in the wrong context, and this test
 // ensures that our fix works.
+//
+// We have to skip this test on Symbian, as it causes the program to
+// crash there, for reasons unclear to us yet.
 TEST(NiceMockTest, AcceptsClassNamedMock) {
   NiceMock< ::Mock> nice;
   EXPECT_CALL(nice, DoThis());
   nice.DoThis();
 }
+#endif  // !GTEST_OS_SYMBIAN
 
 // Tests that a strict mock allows expected calls.
 TEST(StrictMockTest, AllowsExpectedCall) {
@@ -242,16 +247,21 @@ TEST(StrictMockTest, NonDefaultConstructor10) {
                           "Uninteresting mock function call");
 }
 
+#if !GTEST_OS_SYMBIAN
 // Tests that StrictMock<Mock> compiles where Mock is a user-defined
 // class (as opposed to ::testing::Mock).  We had to workaround an
 // MSVC 8.0 bug that caused the symbol Mock used in the definition of
 // StrictMock to be looked up in the wrong context, and this test
 // ensures that our fix works.
+//
+// We have to skip this test on Symbian, as it causes the program to
+// crash there, for reasons unclear to us yet.
 TEST(StrictMockTest, AcceptsClassNamedMock) {
-  StrictMock< ::Mock> nice;
-  EXPECT_CALL(nice, DoThis());
-  nice.DoThis();
+  StrictMock< ::Mock> strict;
+  EXPECT_CALL(strict, DoThis());
+  strict.DoThis();
 }
+#endif  // !GTEST_OS_SYMBIAN
 
 }  // namespace gmock_nice_strict_test
 }  // namespace testing