diff --git a/src/test/modules/Makefile b/src/test/modules/Makefile
index b7ed0af021f..7246552d386 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ SUBDIRS = \
 		  test_pg_dump \
 		  test_rbtree \
 		  test_rls_hooks \
+		  test_session_hooks \
 		  test_shm_mq \
 		  worker_spi
 
diff --git a/src/test/modules/test_session_hooks/Makefile b/src/test/modules/test_session_hooks/Makefile
index c5c386084e7..636ae61c0e1 100644
--- a/src/test/modules/test_session_hooks/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/modules/test_session_hooks/Makefile
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ top_builddir = ../../../..
 include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
 include $(top_srcdir)/contrib/contrib-global.mk
 endif
+
+# override installcheck - this module requires preloading the test module
+installcheck:
+	@echo Cannot run $@ for test_session_hooks. Run "'make check'" instead.
diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/vcregress.pl b/src/tools/msvc/vcregress.pl
index 719fe830476..41f7832e5a6 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/vcregress.pl
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/vcregress.pl
@@ -383,6 +383,8 @@ sub modulescheck
 	my $mstat = 0;
 	foreach my $module (glob("*"))
 	{
+		# test_session_hooks can't run installcheck, so skip it here
+		next if $module eq 'test_session_hooks';
 		subdircheck("$topdir/src/test/modules", $module);
 		my $status = $? >> 8;
 		$mstat ||= $status;