diff --git a/libnetwork/ipamutils/utils.go b/libnetwork/ipamutils/utils.go
index 5f06744255..283e003b5c 100644
--- a/libnetwork/ipamutils/utils.go
+++ b/libnetwork/ipamutils/utils.go
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 // Package ipamutils provides utililty functions for ipam management
 package ipamutils
 
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"net"
-
-	"github.com/docker/libnetwork/netutils"
-	"github.com/docker/libnetwork/resolvconf"
-	"github.com/vishvananda/netlink"
-)
+import "net"
 
 var (
 	// PredefinedBroadNetworks contains a list of 31 IPv4 private networks with host size 16 and 12
@@ -24,66 +17,6 @@ func init() {
 	PredefinedGranularNetworks = initGranularPredefinedNetworks()
 }
 
-// ElectInterfaceAddresses looks for an interface on the OS with the specified name
-// and returns its IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in CIDR form. If the interface does not exist,
-// it chooses from a predifined list the first IPv4 address which does not conflict
-// with other interfaces on the system.
-func ElectInterfaceAddresses(name string) (*net.IPNet, []*net.IPNet, error) {
-	var (
-		v4Net  *net.IPNet
-		v6Nets []*net.IPNet
-		err    error
-	)
-
-	link, _ := netlink.LinkByName(name)
-	if link != nil {
-		v4addr, err := netlink.AddrList(link, netlink.FAMILY_V4)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, err
-		}
-		v6addr, err := netlink.AddrList(link, netlink.FAMILY_V6)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, err
-		}
-		if len(v4addr) > 0 {
-			v4Net = v4addr[0].IPNet
-		}
-		for _, nlAddr := range v6addr {
-			v6Nets = append(v6Nets, nlAddr.IPNet)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if link == nil || v4Net == nil {
-		// Choose from predifined broad networks
-		v4Net, err = FindAvailableNetwork(PredefinedBroadNetworks)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return v4Net, v6Nets, nil
-}
-
-// FindAvailableNetwork returns a network from the passed list which does not
-// overlap with existing interfaces in the system
-func FindAvailableNetwork(list []*net.IPNet) (*net.IPNet, error) {
-	// We don't check for an error here, because we don't really care if we
-	// can't read /etc/resolv.conf. So instead we skip the append if resolvConf
-	// is nil. It either doesn't exist, or we can't read it for some reason.
-	var nameservers []string
-	if rc, err := resolvconf.Get(); err == nil {
-		nameservers = resolvconf.GetNameserversAsCIDR(rc.Content)
-	}
-	for _, nw := range list {
-		if err := netutils.CheckNameserverOverlaps(nameservers, nw); err == nil {
-			if err := netutils.CheckRouteOverlaps(nw); err == nil {
-				return nw, nil
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("no available network")
-}
-
 func initBroadPredefinedNetworks() []*net.IPNet {
 	pl := make([]*net.IPNet, 0, 31)
 	mask := []byte{255, 255, 0, 0}
diff --git a/libnetwork/ipamutils/utils_linux.go b/libnetwork/ipamutils/utils_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8c9eb8a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libnetwork/ipamutils/utils_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// Package ipamutils provides utililty functions for ipam management
+package ipamutils
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+
+	"github.com/docker/libnetwork/netutils"
+	"github.com/docker/libnetwork/resolvconf"
+	"github.com/vishvananda/netlink"
+)
+
+// ElectInterfaceAddresses looks for an interface on the OS with the specified name
+// and returns its IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in CIDR form. If the interface does not exist,
+// it chooses from a predifined list the first IPv4 address which does not conflict
+// with other interfaces on the system.
+func ElectInterfaceAddresses(name string) (*net.IPNet, []*net.IPNet, error) {
+	var (
+		v4Net  *net.IPNet
+		v6Nets []*net.IPNet
+		err    error
+	)
+
+	link, _ := netlink.LinkByName(name)
+	if link != nil {
+		v4addr, err := netlink.AddrList(link, netlink.FAMILY_V4)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+		v6addr, err := netlink.AddrList(link, netlink.FAMILY_V6)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+		if len(v4addr) > 0 {
+			v4Net = v4addr[0].IPNet
+		}
+		for _, nlAddr := range v6addr {
+			v6Nets = append(v6Nets, nlAddr.IPNet)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if link == nil || v4Net == nil {
+		// Choose from predifined broad networks
+		v4Net, err = FindAvailableNetwork(PredefinedBroadNetworks)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return v4Net, v6Nets, nil
+}
+
+// FindAvailableNetwork returns a network from the passed list which does not
+// overlap with existing interfaces in the system
+func FindAvailableNetwork(list []*net.IPNet) (*net.IPNet, error) {
+	// We don't check for an error here, because we don't really care if we
+	// can't read /etc/resolv.conf. So instead we skip the append if resolvConf
+	// is nil. It either doesn't exist, or we can't read it for some reason.
+	var nameservers []string
+	if rc, err := resolvconf.Get(); err == nil {
+		nameservers = resolvconf.GetNameserversAsCIDR(rc.Content)
+	}
+	for _, nw := range list {
+		if err := netutils.CheckNameserverOverlaps(nameservers, nw); err == nil {
+			if err := netutils.CheckRouteOverlaps(nw); err == nil {
+				return nw, nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("no available network")
+}
diff --git a/libnetwork/ipamutils/utils_windows.go b/libnetwork/ipamutils/utils_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4878ca2b86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libnetwork/ipamutils/utils_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Package ipamutils provides utililty functions for ipam management
+package ipamutils
+
+import (
+	"net"
+
+	"github.com/docker/libnetwork/types"
+)
+
+// ElectInterfaceAddresses looks for an interface on the OS with the specified name
+// and returns its IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in CIDR form. If the interface does not exist,
+// it chooses from a predifined list the first IPv4 address which does not conflict
+// with other interfaces on the system.
+func ElectInterfaceAddresses(name string) (*net.IPNet, []*net.IPNet, error) {
+	return nil, nil, types.NotImplementedErrorf("not supported on windows")
+}
+
+// FindAvailableNetwork returns a network from the passed list which does not
+// overlap with existing interfaces in the system
+func FindAvailableNetwork(list []*net.IPNet) (*net.IPNet, error) {
+	return nil, types.NotImplementedErrorf("not supported on windows")
+}