diff --git a/api/grpc/server/server.go b/api/grpc/server/server.go
index 25d807c..fb72324 100644
--- a/api/grpc/server/server.go
+++ b/api/grpc/server/server.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/docker/containerd/api/grpc/types"
 	"github.com/docker/containerd/runtime"
+	"github.com/docker/containerd/specs"
 	"github.com/docker/containerd/supervisor"
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 )
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ func (s *apiServer) Signal(ctx context.Context, r *types.SignalRequest) (*types.
 }
 
 func (s *apiServer) AddProcess(ctx context.Context, r *types.AddProcessRequest) (*types.AddProcessResponse, error) {
-	process := &runtime.ProcessSpec{
+	process := &specs.ProcessSpec{
 		Terminal: r.Terminal,
 		Args:     r.Args,
 		Env:      r.Env,
diff --git a/api/grpc/server/server_linux.go b/api/grpc/server/server_linux.go
index 4700adb..087d2e9 100644
--- a/api/grpc/server/server_linux.go
+++ b/api/grpc/server/server_linux.go
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/docker/containerd/api/grpc/types"
 	"github.com/docker/containerd/runtime"
+	"github.com/docker/containerd/specs"
 	"github.com/docker/containerd/supervisor"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/system"
-	"github.com/opencontainers/specs"
+	ocs "github.com/opencontainers/specs"
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ func (s *apiServer) Stats(ctx context.Context, r *types.StatsRequest) (*types.St
 	return t, nil
 }
 
-func setUserFieldsInProcess(p *types.Process, oldProc runtime.ProcessSpec) {
+func setUserFieldsInProcess(p *types.Process, oldProc specs.ProcessSpec) {
 	p.User = &types.User{
 		Uid:            oldProc.User.UID,
 		Gid:            oldProc.User.GID,
@@ -249,8 +250,8 @@ func setUserFieldsInProcess(p *types.Process, oldProc runtime.ProcessSpec) {
 	}
 }
 
-func setPlatformRuntimeProcessSpecUserFields(r *types.User, process *runtime.ProcessSpec) {
-	process.User = specs.User{
+func setPlatformRuntimeProcessSpecUserFields(r *types.User, process *specs.ProcessSpec) {
+	process.User = ocs.User{
 		UID:            r.Uid,
 		GID:            r.Gid,
 		AdditionalGids: r.AdditionalGids,
diff --git a/api/grpc/server/server_windows.go b/api/grpc/server/server_windows.go
index c4d950e..96b34e7 100644
--- a/api/grpc/server/server_windows.go
+++ b/api/grpc/server/server_windows.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 
 	"github.com/docker/containerd/api/grpc/types"
-	"github.com/docker/containerd/runtime"
+	"github.com/docker/containerd/specs"
 	"github.com/docker/containerd/supervisor"
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 )
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ func (s *apiServer) Stats(ctx context.Context, r *types.StatsRequest) (*types.St
 	return nil, errors.New("Stats() not supported on Windows")
 }
 
-func setUserFieldsInProcess(p *types.Process, oldProc runtime.ProcessSpec) {
+func setUserFieldsInProcess(p *types.Process, oldProc specs.ProcessSpec) {
 }
 
-func setPlatformRuntimeProcessSpecUserFields(r *types.User, process *runtime.ProcessSpec) {
+func setPlatformRuntimeProcessSpecUserFields(r *types.User, process *specs.ProcessSpec) {
 }
diff --git a/ctr/container.go b/ctr/container.go
index 6753c97..4af28eb 100644
--- a/ctr/container.go
+++ b/ctr/container.go
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
 	"github.com/docker/containerd/api/grpc/types"
+	"github.com/docker/containerd/specs"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/term"
-	"github.com/opencontainers/specs"
 	netcontext "golang.org/x/net/context"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/grpclog"
@@ -538,23 +538,3 @@ type stdio struct {
 	stdout string
 	stderr string
 }
-
-func createStdio() (s stdio, err error) {
-	tmp, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "ctr-")
-	if err != nil {
-		return s, err
-	}
-	// create fifo's for the process
-	for name, fd := range map[string]*string{
-		"stdin":  &s.stdin,
-		"stdout": &s.stdout,
-		"stderr": &s.stderr,
-	} {
-		path := filepath.Join(tmp, name)
-		if err := syscall.Mkfifo(path, 0755); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
-			return s, err
-		}
-		*fd = path
-	}
-	return s, nil
-}
diff --git a/ctr/container_unix.go b/ctr/container_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd31ecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ctr/container_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// +build !windows
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+func createStdio() (s stdio, err error) {
+	tmp, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "ctr-")
+	if err != nil {
+		return s, err
+	}
+	// create fifo's for the process
+	for name, fd := range map[string]*string{
+		"stdin":  &s.stdin,
+		"stdout": &s.stdout,
+		"stderr": &s.stderr,
+	} {
+		path := filepath.Join(tmp, name)
+		if err := syscall.Mkfifo(path, 0755); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
+			return s, err
+		}
+		*fd = path
+	}
+	return s, nil
+}
diff --git a/ctr/container_windows.go b/ctr/container_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9348b3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ctr/container_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package main
+
+// TODO Windows: This will have a very different implementation
+func createStdio() (s stdio, err error) {
+	return stdio{}, nil
+}
diff --git a/runtime/container.go b/runtime/container.go
index 93a0f90..f43ed56 100644
--- a/runtime/container.go
+++ b/runtime/container.go
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/docker/containerd/specs"
 )
 
 type Container interface {
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type Container interface {
 	// Start starts the init process of the container
 	Start(checkpoint string, s Stdio) (Process, error)
 	// Exec starts another process in an existing container
-	Exec(string, ProcessSpec, Stdio) (Process, error)
+	Exec(string, specs.ProcessSpec, Stdio) (Process, error)
 	// Delete removes the container's state and any resources
 	Delete() error
 	// Processes returns all the containers processes that have been added
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ func (c *container) Labels() []string {
 	return c.labels
 }
 
-func (c *container) readSpec() (*PlatformSpec, error) {
-	var spec PlatformSpec
+func (c *container) readSpec() (*specs.PlatformSpec, error) {
+	var spec specs.PlatformSpec
 	f, err := os.Open(filepath.Join(c.bundle, "config.json"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -188,18 +188,6 @@ func (c *container) readSpec() (*PlatformSpec, error) {
 	return &spec, nil
 }
 
-func (c *container) State() State {
-	proc := c.processes["init"]
-	if proc == nil || proc.pid == 0 {
-		return Stopped
-	}
-	err := syscall.Kill(proc.pid, 0)
-	if err != nil && err == syscall.ESRCH {
-		return Stopped
-	}
-	return Running
-}
-
 func (c *container) Delete() error {
 	return os.RemoveAll(filepath.Join(c.root, c.id))
 }
diff --git a/runtime/container_linux.go b/runtime/container_linux.go
index 6f6a501..ae660f8 100644
--- a/runtime/container_linux.go
+++ b/runtime/container_linux.go
@@ -9,17 +9,18 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/docker/containerd/specs"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer"
-	"github.com/opencontainers/specs"
+	ocs "github.com/opencontainers/specs"
 )
 
-func getRootIDs(s *PlatformSpec) (int, int, error) {
+func getRootIDs(s *specs.PlatformSpec) (int, int, error) {
 	if s == nil {
 		return 0, 0, nil
 	}
 	var hasUserns bool
 	for _, ns := range s.Linux.Namespaces {
-		if ns.Type == specs.UserNamespace {
+		if ns.Type == ocs.UserNamespace {
 			hasUserns = true
 			break
 		}
@@ -32,6 +33,18 @@ func getRootIDs(s *PlatformSpec) (int, int, error) {
 	return uid, gid, nil
 }
 
+func (c *container) State() State {
+	proc := c.processes["init"]
+	if proc == nil || proc.pid == 0 {
+		return Stopped
+	}
+	err := syscall.Kill(proc.pid, 0)
+	if err != nil && err == syscall.ESRCH {
+		return Stopped
+	}
+	return Running
+}
+
 func (c *container) Runtime() string {
 	return c.runtime
 }
@@ -136,7 +149,7 @@ func (c *container) Start(checkpoint string, s Stdio) (Process, error) {
 		c:           c,
 		stdio:       s,
 		spec:        spec,
-		processSpec: ProcessSpec(spec.Process),
+		processSpec: specs.ProcessSpec(spec.Process),
 	}
 	p, err := newProcess(config)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -152,7 +165,7 @@ func (c *container) Start(checkpoint string, s Stdio) (Process, error) {
 	return p, nil
 }
 
-func (c *container) Exec(pid string, spec ProcessSpec, s Stdio) (Process, error) {
+func (c *container) Exec(pid string, spec specs.ProcessSpec, s Stdio) (Process, error) {
 	processRoot := filepath.Join(c.root, c.id, pid)
 	if err := os.Mkdir(processRoot, 0755); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -187,14 +200,14 @@ func (c *container) Exec(pid string, spec ProcessSpec, s Stdio) (Process, error)
 }
 
 func (c *container) getLibctContainer() (libcontainer.Container, error) {
-	f, err := libcontainer.New(specs.LinuxStateDirectory, libcontainer.Cgroupfs)
+	f, err := libcontainer.New(ocs.LinuxStateDirectory, libcontainer.Cgroupfs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return f.Load(c.id)
 }
 
-func hostIDFromMap(id uint32, mp []specs.IDMapping) int {
+func hostIDFromMap(id uint32, mp []ocs.IDMapping) int {
 	for _, m := range mp {
 		if (id >= m.ContainerID) && (id <= (m.ContainerID + m.Size - 1)) {
 			return int(m.HostID + (id - m.ContainerID))
diff --git a/runtime/container_windows.go b/runtime/container_windows.go
index a7348af..d13dfa3 100644
--- a/runtime/container_windows.go
+++ b/runtime/container_windows.go
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 package runtime
 
-import "errors"
+import (
+	"errors"
 
-func getRootIDs(s *PlatformSpec) (int, int, error) {
+	"github.com/docker/containerd/specs"
+)
+
+func getRootIDs(s *specs.PlatformSpec) (int, int, error) {
 	return 0, 0, nil
 }
 
+// TODO Windows: This will have a different implementation
+func (c *container) State() State {
+	return Running // HACK HACK HACK
+}
+
 func (c *container) Runtime() string {
 	return "windows"
 }
@@ -38,7 +47,7 @@ func (c *container) Start(checkpoint string, s Stdio) (Process, error) {
 
 // TODO Windows: Implement me.
 // This will have a very different implementation on Windows.
-func (c *container) Exec(pid string, spec ProcessSpec, s Stdio) (Process, error) {
+func (c *container) Exec(pid string, spec specs.ProcessSpec, s Stdio) (Process, error) {
 	return nil, errors.New("Exec not yet implemented on Windows")
 }
 
diff --git a/runtime/process.go b/runtime/process.go
index c3b2674..7f58378 100644
--- a/runtime/process.go
+++ b/runtime/process.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/docker/containerd/specs"
 )
 
 type Process interface {
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ type Process interface {
 	// has not exited
 	ExitStatus() (int, error)
 	// Spec returns the process spec that created the process
-	Spec() ProcessSpec
+	Spec() specs.ProcessSpec
 	// Signal sends the provided signal to the process
 	Signal(os.Signal) error
 	// Container returns the container that the process belongs to
@@ -39,8 +41,8 @@ type Process interface {
 type processConfig struct {
 	id          string
 	root        string
-	processSpec ProcessSpec
-	spec        *PlatformSpec
+	processSpec specs.ProcessSpec
+	spec        *specs.PlatformSpec
 	c           *container
 	stdio       Stdio
 	exec        bool
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ type process struct {
 	exitPipe    *os.File
 	controlPipe *os.File
 	container   *container
-	spec        ProcessSpec
+	spec        specs.ProcessSpec
 	stdio       Stdio
 }
 
@@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ func (p *process) ExitStatus() (int, error) {
 	return strconv.Atoi(string(data))
 }
 
-func (p *process) Spec() ProcessSpec {
+func (p *process) Spec() specs.ProcessSpec {
 	return p.spec
 }
 
diff --git a/runtime/runtime.go b/runtime/runtime.go
index 5727593..82685aa 100644
--- a/runtime/runtime.go
+++ b/runtime/runtime.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package runtime
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/docker/containerd/specs"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ type state struct {
 }
 
 type ProcessState struct {
-	ProcessSpec
+	specs.ProcessSpec
 	Exec   bool   `json:"exec"`
 	Stdin  string `json:"containerdStdin"`
 	Stdout string `json:"containerdStdout"`
diff --git a/runtime/spec_linux.go b/runtime/spec_linux.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 147affb..0000000
--- a/runtime/spec_linux.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-package runtime
-
-import "github.com/opencontainers/specs"
-
-type (
-	PlatformSpec specs.LinuxSpec
-	ProcessSpec  specs.Process
-)
diff --git a/runtime/spec_windows.go b/runtime/spec_windows.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ff4a06a..0000000
--- a/runtime/spec_windows.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-package runtime
-
-// Temporary Windows version of the spec in lieu of opencontainers/specs having
-// Windows support currently.
-import "github.com/docker/containerd/specs"
-
-type PlatformSpec specs.WindowsSpec
-type ProcessSpec specs.Process
diff --git a/specs/spec_linux.go b/specs/spec_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27d9977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specs/spec_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package specs
+
+import ocs "github.com/opencontainers/specs"
+
+type (
+	PlatformSpec ocs.LinuxSpec
+	ProcessSpec  ocs.Process
+	Spec         ocs.Spec
+)
diff --git a/specs/windows.go b/specs/spec_windows.go
similarity index 91%
rename from specs/windows.go
rename to specs/spec_windows.go
index 4871e88..50cbeff 100644
--- a/specs/windows.go
+++ b/specs/spec_windows.go
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 package specs
 
+// Temporary Windows version of the spec in lieu of opencontainers/specs having
+// Windows support currently.
+
+type (
+	PlatformSpec WindowsSpec
+	ProcessSpec  Process
+)
+
 // This is a temporary module in lieu of opencontainers/specs being compatible
 // currently on Windows.
 
diff --git a/specs/unsupported.go b/specs/unsupported.go
deleted file mode 100644
index fdb50a2..0000000
--- a/specs/unsupported.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-// +build !windows
-
-package specs
diff --git a/supervisor/add_process.go b/supervisor/add_process.go
index 6a7e23f..e76077f 100644
--- a/supervisor/add_process.go
+++ b/supervisor/add_process.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/docker/containerd/runtime"
+	"github.com/docker/containerd/specs"
 )
 
 type AddProcessTask struct {
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ type AddProcessTask struct {
 	Stdout        string
 	Stderr        string
 	Stdin         string
-	ProcessSpec   *runtime.ProcessSpec
+	ProcessSpec   *specs.ProcessSpec
 	StartResponse chan StartResponse
 }
 
diff --git a/supervisor/sort_test.go b/supervisor/sort_test.go
index 0a7498a..905bce0 100644
--- a/supervisor/sort_test.go
+++ b/supervisor/sort_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/docker/containerd/runtime"
+	"github.com/docker/containerd/specs"
 )
 
 type testProcess struct {
@@ -44,8 +45,8 @@ func (p *testProcess) Container() runtime.Container {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (p *testProcess) Spec() runtime.ProcessSpec {
-	return runtime.ProcessSpec{}
+func (p *testProcess) Spec() specs.ProcessSpec {
+	return specs.ProcessSpec{}
 }
 
 func (p *testProcess) Signal(os.Signal) error {