diff --git a/os-posix.c b/os-posix.c
index 6321e990c5..612b641737 100644
--- a/os-posix.c
+++ b/os-posix.c
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
 #include <sys/prctl.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_EVENTFD
+#include <sys/eventfd.h>
+#endif
+
 static struct passwd *user_pwd;
 static const char *chroot_dir;
 static int daemonize;
@@ -329,3 +333,31 @@ void os_set_line_buffering(void)
 {
     setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IOLBF, 0);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Creates an eventfd that looks like a pipe and has EFD_CLOEXEC set.
+ */
+int qemu_eventfd(int fds[2])
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_EVENTFD
+    int ret;
+
+    ret = eventfd(0, 0);
+    if (ret >= 0) {
+        fds[0] = ret;
+        qemu_set_cloexec(ret);
+        if ((fds[1] = dup(ret)) == -1) {
+            close(ret);
+            return -1;
+        }
+        qemu_set_cloexec(fds[1]);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if (errno != ENOSYS) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+#endif
+
+    return qemu_pipe(fds);
+}
diff --git a/osdep.c b/osdep.c
index 926c8adb68..cb12e5f892 100644
--- a/osdep.c
+++ b/osdep.c
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@
 extern int madvise(caddr_t, size_t, int);
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_EVENTFD
-#include <sys/eventfd.h>
-#endif
-
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <windows.h>
 #elif defined(CONFIG_BSD)
@@ -207,36 +203,6 @@ ssize_t qemu_write_full(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count)
     return total;
 }
 
-#ifndef _WIN32
-/*
- * Creates an eventfd that looks like a pipe and has EFD_CLOEXEC set.
- */
-int qemu_eventfd(int fds[2])
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_EVENTFD
-    int ret;
-
-    ret = eventfd(0, 0);
-    if (ret >= 0) {
-        fds[0] = ret;
-        qemu_set_cloexec(ret);
-        if ((fds[1] = dup(ret)) == -1) {
-            close(ret);
-            return -1;
-        }
-        qemu_set_cloexec(fds[1]);
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    if (errno != ENOSYS) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-#endif
-
-    return qemu_pipe(fds);
-}
-#endif
-
 /*
  * Opens a socket with FD_CLOEXEC set
  */