diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/meson.build b/src/fe-gtk/meson.build
index a37c36ee..71b50a17 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/meson.build
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/meson.build
@@ -39,14 +39,16 @@ if get_option('gtk3')
   gtk_dep = dependency('gtk+-3.0', version: '>= 3.22')
   zoitechat_gtk_cflags += '-DHAVE_GTK3'
 
-  appindicator_dep = dependency('ayatana-appindicator3-0.1', required: false)
-  if appindicator_dep.found()
-    zoitechat_gtk_deps += appindicator_dep
-    zoitechat_gtk_cflags += '-DHAVE_AYATANA_APPINDICATOR'
-  else
-    appindicator_dep = dependency('appindicator3-0.1', required: true)
-    zoitechat_gtk_deps += appindicator_dep
-    zoitechat_gtk_cflags += '-DHAVE_APPINDICATOR'
+  if host_machine.system() != 'windows'
+    appindicator_dep = dependency('ayatana-appindicator3-0.1', required: false)
+    if appindicator_dep.found()
+      zoitechat_gtk_deps += appindicator_dep
+      zoitechat_gtk_cflags += '-DHAVE_AYATANA_APPINDICATOR'
+    else
+      appindicator_dep = dependency('appindicator3-0.1', required: true)
+      zoitechat_gtk_deps += appindicator_dep
+      zoitechat_gtk_cflags += '-DHAVE_APPINDICATOR'
+    endif
   endif
 else
   gtk_dep = dependency('gtk+-2.0', version: '>= 2.24.0')