diff --git a/ircd/ircd_signal.c b/ircd/ircd_signal.c
index b60172952..e2195704f 100644
--- a/ircd/ircd_signal.c
+++ b/ircd/ircd_signal.c
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #include "client.h"
 #include "send.h"
 
+#ifndef _WIN32
+
 /*
  * dummy_handler - don't know if this is really needed but if alarm is still
  * being used we probably will
@@ -171,3 +173,17 @@ setup_signals()
 
 	sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &sigs, NULL);
 }
+
+#else
+void
+setup_signals()
+{
+/* this is a stub for mingw32 */
+}
+
+void
+setup_reboot_signals()
+{
+/* this is a stub for mingw32 */
+}
+#endif