diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 1b320fba7c..199a0ea92a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 2.1.0
+ * Avoid incremental compaction on Windows (CASSANDRA-7365)
  * Fix exception when querying a composite-keyed table with a collection index
    (CASSANDRA-7372)
  * Use node's host id in place of counter ids (CASSANDRA-7366)
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/io/sstable/SSTableRewriter.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/io/sstable/SSTableRewriter.java
index 4f8548ce7e..4055b4247a 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/io/sstable/SSTableRewriter.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/io/sstable/SSTableRewriter.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import org.apache.cassandra.db.RowIndexEntry;
 import org.apache.cassandra.db.compaction.AbstractCompactedRow;
 import org.apache.cassandra.db.compaction.OperationType;
 import org.apache.cassandra.utils.CLibrary;
+import org.apache.cassandra.utils.FBUtilities;
 
 /**
  * Wraps one or more writers as output for rewriting one or more readers: every sstable_preemptive_open_interval_in_mb
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ public class SSTableRewriter
 
     private void maybeReopenEarly(DecoratedKey key)
     {
-        if (writer.getFilePointer() - currentlyOpenedEarlyAt > preemptiveOpenInterval)
+        if (FBUtilities.isUnix() && writer.getFilePointer() - currentlyOpenedEarlyAt > preemptiveOpenInterval)
         {
             if (isOffline)
             {