diff --git a/src/uu/tail/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/tail/Cargo.toml
index 6928330de..0fe84670e 100644
--- a/src/uu/tail/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/tail/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ clap = { version = "2.33", features = ["wrap_help"] }
 libc = "0.2.42"
 uucore = { version=">=0.0.9", package="uucore", path="../../uucore", features=["ringbuffer"] }
 uucore_procs = { version=">=0.0.6", package="uucore_procs", path="../../uucore_procs" }
+
+[target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 winapi = { version="0.3", features=["fileapi", "handleapi", "processthreadsapi", "synchapi", "winbase"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "redox")'.dependencies]