diff --git a/src/downloader.cpp b/src/downloader.cpp
index 26b007bc..e5a565b7 100644
--- a/src/downloader.cpp
+++ b/src/downloader.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
 #include "downloader.h"
 #include "common/pathTools.h"
 
-#include <unistd.h>
+#ifndef _WIN32
+# include <unistd.h>
+#endif
 #include <iostream>
 
 namespace kiwix
diff --git a/src/xapianSearcher.cpp b/src/xapianSearcher.cpp
index e3102b49..3040edeb 100644
--- a/src/xapianSearcher.cpp
+++ b/src/xapianSearcher.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
 #include "xapianSearcher.h"
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <unicode/locid.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
+#ifndef _WIN32
+#  include <unistd.h>
+#endif
 #include <zim/article.h>
 #include <zim/error.h>
 #include <zim/file.h>