diff --git a/api/server/router/network/network.go b/api/server/router/network/network.go
index 7645249b45..b301820f77 100644
--- a/api/server/router/network/network.go
+++ b/api/server/router/network/network.go
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 package network
 
 import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/docker/docker/api/server/httputils"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/server/router"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/server/router/local"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/errors"
+	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 )
 
 // networkRouter is a router to talk with the network controller
@@ -29,13 +34,24 @@ func (r *networkRouter) Routes() []router.Route {
 func (r *networkRouter) initRoutes() {
 	r.routes = []router.Route{
 		// GET
-		local.NewGetRoute("/networks", r.getNetworksList),
-		local.NewGetRoute("/networks/{id:.*}", r.getNetwork),
+		local.NewGetRoute("/networks", r.controllerEnabledMiddleware(r.getNetworksList)),
+		local.NewGetRoute("/networks/{id:.*}", r.controllerEnabledMiddleware(r.getNetwork)),
 		// POST
-		local.NewPostRoute("/networks/create", r.postNetworkCreate),
-		local.NewPostRoute("/networks/{id:.*}/connect", r.postNetworkConnect),
-		local.NewPostRoute("/networks/{id:.*}/disconnect", r.postNetworkDisconnect),
+		local.NewPostRoute("/networks/create", r.controllerEnabledMiddleware(r.postNetworkCreate)),
+		local.NewPostRoute("/networks/{id:.*}/connect", r.controllerEnabledMiddleware(r.postNetworkConnect)),
+		local.NewPostRoute("/networks/{id:.*}/disconnect", r.controllerEnabledMiddleware(r.postNetworkDisconnect)),
 		// DELETE
-		local.NewDeleteRoute("/networks/{id:.*}", r.deleteNetwork),
+		local.NewDeleteRoute("/networks/{id:.*}", r.controllerEnabledMiddleware(r.deleteNetwork)),
 	}
 }
+
+func (r *networkRouter) controllerEnabledMiddleware(handler httputils.APIFunc) httputils.APIFunc {
+	if r.daemon.NetworkControllerEnabled() {
+		return handler
+	}
+	return networkControllerDisabled
+}
+
+func networkControllerDisabled(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, vars map[string]string) error {
+	return errors.ErrorNetworkControllerNotEnabled.WithArgs()
+}
diff --git a/api/server/server.go b/api/server/server.go
index 598fcfb2bb..7c9262c5be 100644
--- a/api/server/server.go
+++ b/api/server/server.go
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ func (s *Server) makeHTTPHandler(handler httputils.APIFunc) http.HandlerFunc {
 func (s *Server) InitRouters(d *daemon.Daemon) {
 	s.addRouter(local.NewRouter(d))
 	s.addRouter(network.NewRouter(d))
+
 	for _, srv := range s.servers {
 		srv.srv.Handler = s.CreateMux()
 	}
diff --git a/daemon/network.go b/daemon/network.go
index 3933c3bf98..0f2b42474d 100644
--- a/daemon/network.go
+++ b/daemon/network.go
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ const (
 	NetworkByName
 )
 
+// NetworkControllerEnabled checks if the networking stack is enabled.
+// This feature depends on OS primitives and it's dissabled in systems like Windows.
+func (daemon *Daemon) NetworkControllerEnabled() bool {
+	return daemon.netController != nil
+}
+
 // FindNetwork function finds a network for a given string that can represent network name or id
 func (daemon *Daemon) FindNetwork(idName string) (libnetwork.Network, error) {
 	// Find by Name
diff --git a/errors/server.go b/errors/server.go
index 9dfcc02b50..1a7af00a13 100644
--- a/errors/server.go
+++ b/errors/server.go
@@ -24,4 +24,13 @@ var (
 		Description:    "The client version is too old for the server",
 		HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
 	})
+
+	// ErrorNetworkControllerNotEnabled is generated when the networking stack in not enabled
+	// for certain platforms, like windows.
+	ErrorNetworkControllerNotEnabled = errcode.Register(errGroup, errcode.ErrorDescriptor{
+		Value:          "NETWORK_CONTROLLER_NOT_ENABLED",
+		Message:        "the network controller is not enabled for this platform",
+		Description:    "Docker's networking stack is disabled for this platform",
+		HTTPStatusCode: http.StatusNotFound,
+	})
 )