diff --git a/src/WSServer.cpp b/src/WSServer.cpp
index 45f3516e..5249fc87 100644
--- a/src/WSServer.cpp
+++ b/src/WSServer.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ WSServer::WSServer()
 	  _clMutex(QMutex::Recursive)
 {
 	_server.init_asio();
+#ifndef _WIN32
 	_server.set_reuse_addr(true);
+#endif
 
 	_server.set_open_handler(bind(&WSServer::onOpen, this, ::_1));
 	_server.set_close_handler(bind(&WSServer::onClose, this, ::_1));