diff --git a/uv-common.c b/uv-common.c
index c5d04ecf6a56..49d3b8b7ee79 100644
--- a/uv-common.c
+++ b/uv-common.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stddef.h> /* NULL */
+#include <string.h> /* memset */
 
 
 static uv_counters_t counters;
@@ -75,3 +76,16 @@ const char* uv_err_name(uv_err_t err) {
       return NULL;
   }
 }
+
+
+struct sockaddr_in uv_ip4_addr(const char* ip, int port) {
+  struct sockaddr_in addr;
+
+  memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
+
+  addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+  addr.sin_port = htons(port);
+  addr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(ip);
+
+  return addr;
+}
diff --git a/uv-unix.c b/uv-unix.c
index 7ec4de79bc93..df5775bcc8cf 100644
--- a/uv-unix.c
+++ b/uv-unix.c
@@ -122,19 +122,6 @@ static uv_err_t uv_err_new(uv_handle_t* handle, int sys_error) {
 }
 
 
-struct sockaddr_in uv_ip4_addr(const char* ip, int port) {
-  struct sockaddr_in addr;
-
-  memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
-
-  addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
-  addr.sin_port = htons(port);
-  addr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(ip);
-
-  return addr;
-}
-
-
 int uv_close(uv_handle_t* handle, uv_close_cb close_cb) {
   uv_tcp_t* tcp;
   uv_async_t* async;
diff --git a/uv-win.c b/uv-win.c
index 8d25a2a4ac83..7cfc371dac0f 100644
--- a/uv-win.c
+++ b/uv-win.c
@@ -705,17 +705,6 @@ int uv_close(uv_handle_t* handle, uv_close_cb close_cb) {
 }
 
 
-struct sockaddr_in uv_ip4_addr(const char* ip, int port) {
-  struct sockaddr_in addr;
-
-  addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
-  addr.sin_port = htons(port);
-  addr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(ip);
-
-  return addr;
-}
-
-
 int uv_bind(uv_tcp_t* handle, struct sockaddr_in addr) {
   DWORD err;
   int r;