diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 1631f4a..8bb692d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/alecthomas/chroma/formatters/html"
 	"github.com/alecthomas/chroma/lexers"
 	"github.com/alecthomas/chroma/styles"
-	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
 // dataPipedIn returns true if the user piped data via stdin.
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ func main() {
 		cmark, lookErr = exec.LookPath("markdown")
 		checkError(lookErr, "finding markdown binary")
 	}
-	execErr := unix.Exec(cmark, []string{cmark, f.Name()}, []string{})
+	execErr := localExec(cmark, []string{cmark, f.Name()}, []string{})
 	checkError(execErr, "executing markdown binary")
 	if err := f.Close(); err != nil {
 		checkError(err, "closing file")
diff --git a/main_unix.go b/main_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80b775e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+//+build !windows
+
+package main
+
+import "golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+
+func localExec(argv0 string, argv []string, envv []string) error {
+	return unix.Exec(argv0, argv, envv)
+}
diff --git a/main_windows.go b/main_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..380afa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+//+build windows
+
+package main
+
+import "golang.org/x/sys/windows"
+
+func localExec(argv0 string, argv []string, envv []string) error {
+	return windows.Exec(argv0, argv, envv)
+}