--- a/libview/ev-jobs.c
+++ b/libview/ev-jobs.c
@@ -1509,6 +1509,7 @@ ev_job_scheduler_update_job (EvSchedulerJob *job,
         return FALSE;
 }
 
+#ifndef G_OS_WIN32
 static int
 ev_dupfd (int fd,
           GError **error)
@@ -1524,6 +1525,20 @@ ev_dupfd (int fd,
 
         return new_fd;
 }
+#else
+static int
+ev_dupfd (int fd,
+          GError **error)
+{
+        int new_fd = dup(fd);
+        if (new_fd == -1) {
+                int errsv = errno;
+                g_set_error_literal (error, G_FILE_ERROR, g_file_error_from_errno (errsv),
+                                     g_strerror (errsv));
+        }
+        return new_fd;
+}
+#endif
 
 static void
 ev_job_load_fd_init (EvJobLoadFd *job)