diff --git a/libnetwork/ns/init_windows.go b/libnetwork/ns/init_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5838f81dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libnetwork/ns/init_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package ns
+
+// File is present so that go build ./... is closer to working on Windows from repo root.