diff --git a/libcontainer/criu_opts.go b/libcontainer/criu_opts_unix.go
similarity index 98%
rename from libcontainer/criu_opts.go
rename to libcontainer/criu_opts_unix.go
index 6d6062a8..a2a816bd 100644
--- a/libcontainer/criu_opts.go
+++ b/libcontainer/criu_opts_unix.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// +build linux freebsd
+
 package libcontainer
 
 // cgroup restoring strategy provided by criu
diff --git a/libcontainer/criu_opts_windows.go b/libcontainer/criu_opts_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bc920770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcontainer/criu_opts_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package libcontainer
+
+// TODO Windows: This can ultimately be entirely factored out as criu is
+// a Unix concept not relevant on Windows.
+type CriuOpts struct {
+}