diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b9e2d1fbe..1cec2f32a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ option(ENABLE_SHARED "Build shared library." YES)
 option(ENABLE_STATIC "Build static library." YES)
 option(ENABLE_CONSOLE_UI "Turn on or off compilation of console interface." YES)
 option(ENABLE_DATE "Use build date in internal version number." NO)
-option(ENABLE_DAEMON "Enable the linphone daemon interface." YES)
+cmake_dependent_option(ENABLE_DAEMON "Enable the linphone daemon interface." YES "NOT WIN32" NO)
 option(ENABLE_DOC "Enable documentation generation with Doxygen." YES)
 option(ENABLE_GTK_UI "Turn on or off compilation of gtk interface." YES)
 option(ENABLE_LDAP "Enable LDAP support." NO)