diff --git a/src/util/virthreadwin32.c b/src/util/virthreadwin32.c
index 0ad7e5c570..4543ad864e 100644
--- a/src/util/virthreadwin32.c
+++ b/src/util/virthreadwin32.c
@@ -357,6 +357,8 @@ void virThreadJoin(virThreadPtr thread)
     }
 }
 
+void virThreadCancel(virThreadPtr thread ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{}
 
 int virThreadLocalInit(virThreadLocalPtr l,
                        virThreadLocalCleanup c)