diff --git a/modules/graceful/cleanup.go b/modules/graceful/cleanup.go
index 1de087a9991..84355a9a70a 100644
--- a/modules/graceful/cleanup.go
+++ b/modules/graceful/cleanup.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// +build !windows
+
 // Copyright 2019 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
diff --git a/modules/graceful/graceful_windows.go b/modules/graceful/graceful_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..753db87133a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/graceful/graceful_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// +build windows
+
+// Copyright 2019 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+// This code is heavily inspired by the archived gofacebook/gracenet/net.go handler
+
+package graceful
+
+// This file contains shims for windows builds
+const IsChild = false
diff --git a/modules/graceful/net.go b/modules/graceful/net.go
index f2612e21bef..af484641c6e 100644
--- a/modules/graceful/net.go
+++ b/modules/graceful/net.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// +build !windows
+
 // Copyright 2019 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
diff --git a/modules/graceful/restart.go b/modules/graceful/restart.go
index 33b3c4d417b..5cba0581a56 100644
--- a/modules/graceful/restart.go
+++ b/modules/graceful/restart.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// +build !windows
+
 // Copyright 2019 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
diff --git a/modules/graceful/server.go b/modules/graceful/server.go
index efe8b264b31..abe1b3d6d08 100644
--- a/modules/graceful/server.go
+++ b/modules/graceful/server.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// +build !windows
+
 // Copyright 2019 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
diff --git a/modules/graceful/server_hooks.go b/modules/graceful/server_hooks.go
index a80d9555564..b8ca20ddf50 100644
--- a/modules/graceful/server_hooks.go
+++ b/modules/graceful/server_hooks.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// +build !windows
+
 // Copyright 2019 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
diff --git a/modules/graceful/server_http.go b/modules/graceful/server_http.go
index 1052637d5e7..446f0f55519 100644
--- a/modules/graceful/server_http.go
+++ b/modules/graceful/server_http.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// +build !windows
+
 // Copyright 2019 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
diff --git a/modules/graceful/server_signals.go b/modules/graceful/server_signals.go
index ea76b5509c7..d0013b77af0 100644
--- a/modules/graceful/server_signals.go
+++ b/modules/graceful/server_signals.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// +build !windows
+
 // Copyright 2019 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.