diff --git a/mount.go b/mount.go
index 6dff909..183061b 100644
--- a/mount.go
+++ b/mount.go
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 package containerd
 
-import (
-	"strings"
-	"syscall"
-)
-
 // Mount is the lingua franca of containerd. A mount represents a
 // serialized mount syscall. Components either emit or consume mounts.
 type Mount struct {
@@ -18,11 +13,6 @@ type Mount struct {
 	Options []string
 }
 
-func (m *Mount) Mount(target string) error {
-	flags, data := parseMountOptions(m.Options)
-	return syscall.Mount(m.Source, target, m.Type, uintptr(flags), data)
-}
-
 // MountAll mounts all the provided mounts to the provided target
 func MountAll(mounts []Mount, target string) error {
 	for _, m := range mounts {
@@ -32,57 +22,3 @@ func MountAll(mounts []Mount, target string) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
-
-// parseMountOptions takes fstab style mount options and parses them for
-// use with a standard mount() syscall
-func parseMountOptions(options []string) (int, string) {
-	var (
-		flag int
-		data []string
-	)
-	flags := map[string]struct {
-		clear bool
-		flag  int
-	}{
-		"async":         {true, syscall.MS_SYNCHRONOUS},
-		"atime":         {true, syscall.MS_NOATIME},
-		"bind":          {false, syscall.MS_BIND},
-		"defaults":      {false, 0},
-		"dev":           {true, syscall.MS_NODEV},
-		"diratime":      {true, syscall.MS_NODIRATIME},
-		"dirsync":       {false, syscall.MS_DIRSYNC},
-		"exec":          {true, syscall.MS_NOEXEC},
-		"mand":          {false, syscall.MS_MANDLOCK},
-		"noatime":       {false, syscall.MS_NOATIME},
-		"nodev":         {false, syscall.MS_NODEV},
-		"nodiratime":    {false, syscall.MS_NODIRATIME},
-		"noexec":        {false, syscall.MS_NOEXEC},
-		"nomand":        {true, syscall.MS_MANDLOCK},
-		"norelatime":    {true, syscall.MS_RELATIME},
-		"nostrictatime": {true, syscall.MS_STRICTATIME},
-		"nosuid":        {false, syscall.MS_NOSUID},
-		"rbind":         {false, syscall.MS_BIND | syscall.MS_REC},
-		"relatime":      {false, syscall.MS_RELATIME},
-		"remount":       {false, syscall.MS_REMOUNT},
-		"ro":            {false, syscall.MS_RDONLY},
-		"rw":            {true, syscall.MS_RDONLY},
-		"strictatime":   {false, syscall.MS_STRICTATIME},
-		"suid":          {true, syscall.MS_NOSUID},
-		"sync":          {false, syscall.MS_SYNCHRONOUS},
-	}
-	for _, o := range options {
-		// If the option does not exist in the flags table or the flag
-		// is not supported on the platform,
-		// then it is a data value for a specific fs type
-		if f, exists := flags[o]; exists && f.flag != 0 {
-			if f.clear {
-				flag &^= f.flag
-			} else {
-				flag |= f.flag
-			}
-		} else {
-			data = append(data, o)
-		}
-	}
-	return flag, strings.Join(data, ",")
-}
diff --git a/mount_unix.go b/mount_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18acd28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mount_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// +build !windows
+
+package containerd
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+func (m *Mount) Mount(target string) error {
+	flags, data := parseMountOptions(m.Options)
+	return syscall.Mount(m.Source, target, m.Type, uintptr(flags), data)
+}
+
+// parseMountOptions takes fstab style mount options and parses them for
+// use with a standard mount() syscall
+func parseMountOptions(options []string) (int, string) {
+	var (
+		flag int
+		data []string
+	)
+	flags := map[string]struct {
+		clear bool
+		flag  int
+	}{
+		"async":         {true, syscall.MS_SYNCHRONOUS},
+		"atime":         {true, syscall.MS_NOATIME},
+		"bind":          {false, syscall.MS_BIND},
+		"defaults":      {false, 0},
+		"dev":           {true, syscall.MS_NODEV},
+		"diratime":      {true, syscall.MS_NODIRATIME},
+		"dirsync":       {false, syscall.MS_DIRSYNC},
+		"exec":          {true, syscall.MS_NOEXEC},
+		"mand":          {false, syscall.MS_MANDLOCK},
+		"noatime":       {false, syscall.MS_NOATIME},
+		"nodev":         {false, syscall.MS_NODEV},
+		"nodiratime":    {false, syscall.MS_NODIRATIME},
+		"noexec":        {false, syscall.MS_NOEXEC},
+		"nomand":        {true, syscall.MS_MANDLOCK},
+		"norelatime":    {true, syscall.MS_RELATIME},
+		"nostrictatime": {true, syscall.MS_STRICTATIME},
+		"nosuid":        {false, syscall.MS_NOSUID},
+		"rbind":         {false, syscall.MS_BIND | syscall.MS_REC},
+		"relatime":      {false, syscall.MS_RELATIME},
+		"remount":       {false, syscall.MS_REMOUNT},
+		"ro":            {false, syscall.MS_RDONLY},
+		"rw":            {true, syscall.MS_RDONLY},
+		"strictatime":   {false, syscall.MS_STRICTATIME},
+		"suid":          {true, syscall.MS_NOSUID},
+		"sync":          {false, syscall.MS_SYNCHRONOUS},
+	}
+	for _, o := range options {
+		// If the option does not exist in the flags table or the flag
+		// is not supported on the platform,
+		// then it is a data value for a specific fs type
+		if f, exists := flags[o]; exists && f.flag != 0 {
+			if f.clear {
+				flag &^= f.flag
+			} else {
+				flag |= f.flag
+			}
+		} else {
+			data = append(data, o)
+		}
+	}
+	return flag, strings.Join(data, ",")
+}
diff --git a/mount_windows.go b/mount_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f865e41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mount_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package containerd
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+)
+
+func (m *Mount) Mount(target string) error {
+	return errors.New("mount not supported")
+}