diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/resource_tracker.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/resource_tracker.py
index e67e0b213eb948a..61a6dd66e72e67e 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/resource_tracker.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/resource_tracker.py
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 import sys
 import threading
 import warnings
-import _multiprocessing
-import _posixshmem
 
 from . import spawn
 from . import util
@@ -33,10 +31,17 @@
 
 _CLEANUP_FUNCS = {
     'noop': lambda: None,
-    'semaphore': _multiprocessing.sem_unlink,
-    'shared_memory': _posixshmem.shm_unlink
 }
 
+if os.name == 'posix':
+    import _multiprocessing
+    import _posixshmem
+
+    _CLEANUP_FUNCS.update({
+        'semaphore': _multiprocessing.sem_unlink,
+        'shared_memory': _posixshmem.shm_unlink,
+    })
+
 
 class ResourceTracker(object):