diff --git a/cmd/containerd/config_unsupported.go b/cmd/containerd/config_unsupported.go
index 625c4affa..80f4292a5 100644
--- a/cmd/containerd/config_unsupported.go
+++ b/cmd/containerd/config_unsupported.go
@@ -2,18 +2,21 @@
 
 package main
 
-import "github.com/containerd/containerd/server"
+import (
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/defaults"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/server"
+)
 
 func defaultConfig() *server.Config {
 	return &server.Config{
-		Root:  server.DefaultRootDir,
-		State: server.DefaultStateDir,
+		Root:  defaults.DefaultRootDir,
+		State: defaults.DefaultStateDir,
 		GRPC: server.GRPCConfig{
-			Address: server.DefaultAddress,
+			Address: defaults.DefaultAddress,
 		},
 		Debug: server.Debug{
 			Level:   "info",
-			Address: server.DefaultDebugAddress,
+			Address: defaults.DefaultDebugAddress,
 		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/containerd/config_windows.go b/cmd/containerd/config_windows.go
index c11145172..b7c82a322 100644
--- a/cmd/containerd/config_windows.go
+++ b/cmd/containerd/config_windows.go
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 package main
 
-import "github.com/containerd/containerd/server"
+import (
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/defaults"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/server"
+)
 
 func defaultConfig() *server.Config {
 	return &server.Config{
-		Root:  server.DefaultRootDir,
-		State: server.DefaultStateDir,
+		Root:  defaults.DefaultRootDir,
+		State: defaults.DefaultStateDir,
 		GRPC: server.GRPCConfig{
-			Address: server.DefaultAddress,
+			Address: defaults.DefaultAddress,
 		},
 		Debug: server.Debug{
 			Level:   "info",
-			Address: server.DefaultDebugAddress,
+			Address: defaults.DefaultDebugAddress,
 		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/defaults/defaults.go b/defaults/defaults_unix.go
similarity index 78%
rename from defaults/defaults.go
rename to defaults/defaults_unix.go
index d01dbde88..b98d0dd94 100644
--- a/defaults/defaults.go
+++ b/defaults/defaults_unix.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-// Package defaults provides several common defaults for interacting wtih
-// containerd. These can be used on the client-side or server-side.
+// +build !windows
+
 package defaults
 
 const (
diff --git a/defaults/defaults_windows.go b/defaults/defaults_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..977279962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/defaults/defaults_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// +build windows
+
+package defaults
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+var (
+	// DefaultRootDir is the default location used by containerd to store
+	// persistent data
+	DefaultRootDir = filepath.Join(os.Getenv("programfiles"), "containerd", "root")
+	// DefaultStateDir is the default location used by containerd to store
+	// transient data
+	DefaultStateDir = filepath.Join(os.Getenv("programfiles"), "containerd", "state")
+)
+
+const (
+	// DefaultAddress is the default winpipe address
+	DefaultAddress = `\\.\pipe\containerd-containerd`
+	// DefaultDebugAddress is the default winpipe address for pprof data
+	DefaultDebugAddress = `\\.\pipe\containerd-debug`
+)
diff --git a/defaults/doc.go b/defaults/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c6e39f55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/defaults/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Package defaults provides several common defaults for interacting wtih
+// containerd. These can be used on the client-side or server-side.
+package defaults
diff --git a/server/server_solaris.go b/server/server_solaris.go
index 71e1c0927..3c39816be 100644
--- a/server/server_solaris.go
+++ b/server/server_solaris.go
@@ -2,13 +2,6 @@ package server
 
 import "context"
 
-const (
-	// DefaultAddress is the default unix socket address
-	DefaultAddress = "/var/run/containerd/containerd.sock"
-	// DefaultDebugAddress is the default unix socket address for pprof data
-	DefaultDebugAddress = "/var/run/containerd/debug.sock"
-)
-
 func apply(_ context.Context, _ *Config) error {
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/server/server_unsupported.go b/server/server_unsupported.go
index f820e3f0c..4df599e11 100644
--- a/server/server_unsupported.go
+++ b/server/server_unsupported.go
@@ -4,19 +4,6 @@ package server
 
 import "context"
 
-const (
-	// DefaultRootDir is the default location used by containerd to store
-	// persistent data
-	DefaultRootDir = "/var/lib/containerd"
-	// DefaultStateDir is the default location used by containerd to store
-	// transient data
-	DefaultStateDir = "/run/containerd"
-	// DefaultAddress is the default unix socket address
-	DefaultAddress = "/run/containerd/containerd.sock"
-	// DefaultDebugAddress is the default unix socket address for pprof data
-	DefaultDebugAddress = "/run/containerd/debug.sock"
-)
-
 func apply(_ context.Context, _ *Config) error {
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/server/server_windows.go b/server/server_windows.go
index b35e776f7..37b71dfa1 100644
--- a/server/server_windows.go
+++ b/server/server_windows.go
@@ -4,24 +4,6 @@ package server
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-)
-
-var (
-	// DefaultRootDir is the default location used by containerd to store
-	// persistent data
-	DefaultRootDir = filepath.Join(os.Getenv("programfiles"), "containerd", "root")
-	// DefaultStateDir is the default location used by containerd to store
-	// transient data
-	DefaultStateDir = filepath.Join(os.Getenv("programfiles"), "containerd", "state")
-)
-
-const (
-	// DefaultAddress is the default winpipe address
-	DefaultAddress = `\\.\pipe\containerd-containerd`
-	// DefaultDebugAddress is the default winpipe address for pprof data
-	DefaultDebugAddress = `\\.\pipe\containerd-debug`
 )
 
 func apply(_ context.Context, _ *Config) error {