--- a/previewer/ev-previewer-window.c
+++ b/previewer/ev-previewer-window.c
@@ -680,8 +680,12 @@ ev_previewer_window_set_source_fd (EvPreviewerWindow *window,
 
         g_return_val_if_fail (EV_IS_PREVIEWER_WINDOW (window), FALSE);
         g_return_val_if_fail (error == NULL || *error == NULL, FALSE);
 
+#ifndef G_OS_WIN32
         nfd = fcntl (fd, F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC, 3);
+#else
+        nfd = dup(fd);
+#endif
         if (nfd == -1) {
                 int errsv = errno;
                 g_set_error (error, G_IO_ERROR, g_io_error_from_errno (errsv),