diff --git a/pkg/proxy/userspace/proxier.go b/pkg/proxy/userspace/proxier.go
index 205edf4b7d6..f682b3d5b8d 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/userspace/proxier.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/userspace/proxier.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
-	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
@@ -158,10 +157,6 @@ func NewProxier(loadBalancer LoadBalancer, listenIP net.IP, iptables iptables.In
 	return createProxier(loadBalancer, listenIP, iptables, hostIP, proxyPorts, syncPeriod)
 }
 
-func setRLimit(limit uint64) error {
-	return syscall.Setrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &syscall.Rlimit{Max: limit, Cur: limit})
-}
-
 func createProxier(loadBalancer LoadBalancer, listenIP net.IP, iptables iptables.Interface, hostIP net.IP, proxyPorts PortAllocator, syncPeriod time.Duration) (*Proxier, error) {
 	// convenient to pass nil for tests..
 	if proxyPorts == nil {
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/userspace/rlimit.go b/pkg/proxy/userspace/rlimit.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0f634e051cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/proxy/userspace/rlimit.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// +build !windows
+
+/*
+Copyright 2015 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package userspace
+
+import "syscall"
+
+func setRLimit(limit uint64) error {
+	return syscall.Setrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &syscall.Rlimit{Max: limit, Cur: limit})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/userspace/rlimit_windows.go b/pkg/proxy/userspace/rlimit_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..346ee18bb93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/proxy/userspace/rlimit_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// +build windows
+
+/*
+Copyright 2015 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package userspace
+
+func setRLimit(limit uint64) error {
+	return nil
+}