diff --git a/configs/namespaces.go b/configs/namespaces.go
index ac6a7fa2c..2c2a9fd20 100644
--- a/configs/namespaces.go
+++ b/configs/namespaces.go
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 package configs
 
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"syscall"
-)
+import "fmt"
 
 type NamespaceType string
 
@@ -34,10 +31,6 @@ type Namespace struct {
 	Path string        `json:"path"`
 }
 
-func (n *Namespace) Syscall() int {
-	return namespaceInfo[n.Type]
-}
-
 func (n *Namespace) GetPath(pid int) string {
 	if n.Path != "" {
 		return n.Path
@@ -96,25 +89,3 @@ func (n *Namespaces) index(t NamespaceType) int {
 func (n *Namespaces) Contains(t NamespaceType) bool {
 	return n.index(t) != -1
 }
-
-var namespaceInfo = map[NamespaceType]int{
-	NEWNET:  syscall.CLONE_NEWNET,
-	NEWNS:   syscall.CLONE_NEWNS,
-	NEWUSER: syscall.CLONE_NEWUSER,
-	NEWIPC:  syscall.CLONE_NEWIPC,
-	NEWUTS:  syscall.CLONE_NEWUTS,
-	NEWPID:  syscall.CLONE_NEWPID,
-}
-
-// CloneFlags parses the container's Namespaces options to set the correct
-// flags on clone, unshare. This functions returns flags only for new namespaces.
-func (n *Namespaces) CloneFlags() uintptr {
-	var flag int
-	for _, v := range *n {
-		if v.Path != "" {
-			continue
-		}
-		flag |= namespaceInfo[v.Type]
-	}
-	return uintptr(flag)
-}
diff --git a/configs/namespaces_syscall.go b/configs/namespaces_syscall.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c962999ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/namespaces_syscall.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// +build linux
+
+package configs
+
+import "syscall"
+
+func (n *Namespace) Syscall() int {
+	return namespaceInfo[n.Type]
+}
+
+var namespaceInfo = map[NamespaceType]int{
+	NEWNET:  syscall.CLONE_NEWNET,
+	NEWNS:   syscall.CLONE_NEWNS,
+	NEWUSER: syscall.CLONE_NEWUSER,
+	NEWIPC:  syscall.CLONE_NEWIPC,
+	NEWUTS:  syscall.CLONE_NEWUTS,
+	NEWPID:  syscall.CLONE_NEWPID,
+}
+
+// CloneFlags parses the container's Namespaces options to set the correct
+// flags on clone, unshare. This functions returns flags only for new namespaces.
+func (n *Namespaces) CloneFlags() uintptr {
+	var flag int
+	for _, v := range *n {
+		if v.Path != "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		flag |= namespaceInfo[v.Type]
+	}
+	return uintptr(flag)
+}
diff --git a/configs/namespaces_syscall_unsupported.go b/configs/namespaces_syscall_unsupported.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1bd26bd6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/namespaces_syscall_unsupported.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// +build !linux
+
+package configs
+
+func (n *Namespace) Syscall() int {
+	panic("No namespace syscall support")
+	return 0
+}
+
+// CloneFlags parses the container's Namespaces options to set the correct
+// flags on clone, unshare. This functions returns flags only for new namespaces.
+func (n *Namespaces) CloneFlags() uintptr {
+	panic("No namespace syscall support")
+	return uintptr(0)
+}