diff --git a/pkg/system/rm.go b/pkg/system/rm_unix.go
similarity index 98%
rename from pkg/system/rm.go
rename to pkg/system/rm_unix.go
index 9e251dc153..6ba3fb3ae8 100644
--- a/pkg/system/rm.go
+++ b/pkg/system/rm_unix.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// +build !windows
+
 package system // import "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/system"
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/system/rm_windows.go b/pkg/system/rm_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed9c5dcb8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/system/rm_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package system
+
+import "os"
+
+// EnsureRemoveAll is an alias to os.RemoveAll on Windows
+var EnsureRemoveAll = os.RemoveAll