diff --git a/system/setns_linux.go b/system/setns_linux.go
index be6f3ed..07b1c93 100644
--- a/system/setns_linux.go
+++ b/system/setns_linux.go
@@ -1,11 +1,30 @@
 package system
 
 import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"runtime"
 	"syscall"
 )
 
+var (
+	ErrNotSupportedPlatform = errors.New("platform and architecture is not supported")
+)
+
+// Via http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7b21fddd087678a70ad64afc0f632e0f1071b092
+//
+// We need different setns values for the different platforms and arch
+// We are declaring the macro here because the SETNS syscall does not exist in th stdlib
+var setNsMap = map[string]uintptr{
+	"linux/amd64": 308,
+}
+
 func Setns(fd uintptr, flags uintptr) error {
-	_, _, err := syscall.RawSyscall(SYS_SETNS, fd, flags, 0)
+	ns, exists := setNsMap[fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)]
+	if !exists {
+		return ErrNotSupportedPlatform
+	}
+	_, _, err := syscall.RawSyscall(ns, fd, flags, 0)
 	if err != 0 {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/system/setns_linux_amd64.go b/system/setns_linux_amd64.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e30625..0000000
--- a/system/setns_linux_amd64.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-// +build linux,amd64
-
-package system
-
-// Via http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7b21fddd087678a70ad64afc0f632e0f1071b092
-const (
-	SYS_SETNS = 308
-)