diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/metadata-schema.yaml b/cmd/mdatagen/metadata-schema.yaml
index 60d165c616bb..879307fdd3da 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/metadata-schema.yaml
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/metadata-schema.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ status:
   codeowners:
     active: [string]
     emeritus: [string]
+  unsupported_platforms: [<linux|windows>]
 
 # Optional: OTel Semantic Conventions version that will be associated with the scraped metrics.
 # This attribute should be set for metrics compliant with OTel Semantic Conventions.
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/statusdata.go b/cmd/mdatagen/statusdata.go
index 9ecf63d4257d..ebe60dc4b78e 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/statusdata.go
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/statusdata.go
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@ type Codeowners struct {
 }
 
 type Status struct {
-	Stability     map[string][]string `mapstructure:"stability"`
-	Distributions []string            `mapstructure:"distributions"`
-	Class         string              `mapstructure:"class"`
-	Warnings      []string            `mapstructure:"warnings"`
-	Codeowners    *Codeowners         `mapstructure:"codeowners"`
+	Stability            map[string][]string `mapstructure:"stability"`
+	Distributions        []string            `mapstructure:"distributions"`
+	Class                string              `mapstructure:"class"`
+	Warnings             []string            `mapstructure:"warnings"`
+	Codeowners           *Codeowners         `mapstructure:"codeowners"`
+	UnsupportedPlatforms []string            `mapstructure:"unsupported_platforms"`
 }
 
 func (s *Status) SortedDistributions() []string {
diff --git a/cmd/mdatagen/templates/component_test.go.tmpl b/cmd/mdatagen/templates/component_test.go.tmpl
index 2f087060b2e7..218246b92de9 100644
--- a/cmd/mdatagen/templates/component_test.go.tmpl
+++ b/cmd/mdatagen/templates/component_test.go.tmpl
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 // Code generated by mdatagen. DO NOT EDIT.
 
+{{ if len .Status.UnsupportedPlatforms -}}
+//go:build {{ range $i, $v := .Status.UnsupportedPlatforms }}{{ if $i }} && {{ end }}!{{ . }}{{ end }}
+{{- end }}
+
 package {{ .Package }}
 
 import (
diff --git a/receiver/podmanreceiver/generated_component_test.go b/receiver/podmanreceiver/generated_component_test.go
index befa02f0e9f0..17cfd0c5cfcd 100644
--- a/receiver/podmanreceiver/generated_component_test.go
+++ b/receiver/podmanreceiver/generated_component_test.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // Code generated by mdatagen. DO NOT EDIT.
 
+//go:build !windows
+
 package podmanreceiver
 
 import (
diff --git a/receiver/podmanreceiver/metadata.yaml b/receiver/podmanreceiver/metadata.yaml
index 4e83491c1fec..1cfb023e01b5 100644
--- a/receiver/podmanreceiver/metadata.yaml
+++ b/receiver/podmanreceiver/metadata.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ status:
   distributions: [contrib, observiq, sumo]
   codeowners:
     active: [rogercoll]
+  unsupported_platforms: [windows]
 
 tests:
   config:
diff --git a/receiver/sshcheckreceiver/generated_component_test.go b/receiver/sshcheckreceiver/generated_component_test.go
index 86f340723437..f74659058288 100644
--- a/receiver/sshcheckreceiver/generated_component_test.go
+++ b/receiver/sshcheckreceiver/generated_component_test.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // Code generated by mdatagen. DO NOT EDIT.
 
+//go:build !windows
+
 package sshcheckreceiver
 
 import (
diff --git a/receiver/sshcheckreceiver/metadata.yaml b/receiver/sshcheckreceiver/metadata.yaml
index ade33a5116fc..92846a93301b 100644
--- a/receiver/sshcheckreceiver/metadata.yaml
+++ b/receiver/sshcheckreceiver/metadata.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ status:
   distributions: [contrib, sumo]
   codeowners:
     active: [nslaughter, codeboten]
+  unsupported_platforms: [windows]
 
 resource_attributes:
   ssh.endpoint: