diff --git a/tokio-postgres/Cargo.toml b/tokio-postgres/Cargo.toml
index acb8f596..46423cbd 100644
--- a/tokio-postgres/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tokio-postgres/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ postgres-shared = { version = "0.2", path = "../postgres-shared" }
 postgres-protocol = "0.2"
 tokio-core = "0.1"
 tokio-dns-unofficial = "0.1"
-tokio-uds = "0.1"
 
 tokio-openssl = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
 openssl = { version = "0.9", optional = true }
+
+[target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
+tokio-uds = "0.1"
diff --git a/tokio-postgres/src/lib.rs b/tokio-postgres/src/lib.rs
index 46988058..a8396a19 100644
--- a/tokio-postgres/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tokio-postgres/src/lib.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ extern crate postgres_shared;
 extern crate postgres_protocol;
 extern crate tokio_core;
 extern crate tokio_dns;
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
 extern crate tokio_uds;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "tokio-openssl")]
diff --git a/tokio-postgres/src/stream.rs b/tokio-postgres/src/stream.rs
index 59965914..3833be1b 100644
--- a/tokio-postgres/src/stream.rs
+++ b/tokio-postgres/src/stream.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ use tokio_core::io::{Io, Codec, EasyBuf, Framed};
 use tokio_core::net::TcpStream;
 use tokio_core::reactor::Handle;
 use tokio_dns;
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
 use tokio_uds::UnixStream;
 
 use TlsMode;
@@ -26,12 +28,17 @@ pub fn connect(host: Host,
             Either::A(tokio_dns::tcp_connect((&**host, port), handle.remote().clone())
                 .map(|s| Stream(InnerStream::Tcp(s))))
         }
+        #[cfg(unix)]
         Host::Unix(ref host) => {
             let addr = host.join(format!(".s.PGSQL.{}", port));
             Either::B(UnixStream::connect(addr, handle)
                 .map(|s| Stream(InnerStream::Unix(s)))
                 .into_future())
         }
+        #[cfg(not(unix))]
+        Host::Unix(_) => {
+            Either::B(Err(ConnectError::ConnectParams("unix sockets are not supported on this platform")).into_future())
+        }
     };
 
     let (required, handshaker) = match tls_mode {
@@ -84,6 +91,7 @@ pub struct Stream(InnerStream);
 
 enum InnerStream {
     Tcp(TcpStream),
+    #[cfg(unix)]
     Unix(UnixStream),
 }
 
@@ -91,6 +99,7 @@ impl Read for Stream {
     fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
         match self.0 {
             InnerStream::Tcp(ref mut s) => s.read(buf),
+            #[cfg(unix)]
             InnerStream::Unix(ref mut s) => s.read(buf),
         }
     }
@@ -100,6 +109,7 @@ impl Write for Stream {
     fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
         match self.0 {
             InnerStream::Tcp(ref mut s) => s.write(buf),
+            #[cfg(unix)]
             InnerStream::Unix(ref mut s) => s.write(buf),
         }
     }
@@ -107,6 +117,7 @@ impl Write for Stream {
     fn flush(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
         match self.0 {
             InnerStream::Tcp(ref mut s) => s.flush(),
+            #[cfg(unix)]
             InnerStream::Unix(ref mut s) => s.flush(),
         }
     }
@@ -116,6 +127,7 @@ impl Io for Stream {
     fn poll_read(&mut self) -> Async<()> {
         match self.0 {
             InnerStream::Tcp(ref mut s) => s.poll_read(),
+            #[cfg(unix)]
             InnerStream::Unix(ref mut s) => s.poll_read(),
         }
     }
@@ -123,6 +135,7 @@ impl Io for Stream {
     fn poll_write(&mut self) -> Async<()> {
         match self.0 {
             InnerStream::Tcp(ref mut s) => s.poll_write(),
+            #[cfg(unix)]
             InnerStream::Unix(ref mut s) => s.poll_write(),
         }
     }