diff --git a/act/artifactcache/handler.go b/act/artifactcache/handler.go
index 0b574397..a4be8800 100644
--- a/act/artifactcache/handler.go
+++ b/act/artifactcache/handler.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ const (
 
 var fatal = func(logger logrus.FieldLogger, err error) {
 	logger.Errorf("unrecoverable error in the cache: %v", err)
-	if err := syscall.Kill(syscall.Getpid(), syscall.SIGTERM); err != nil {
+	if err := suicide(); err != nil {
 		logger.Errorf("unrecoverable error in the cache: failed to send the TERM signal to shutdown the daemon %v", err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/act/artifactcache/handler_linux.go b/act/artifactcache/handler_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6c5534d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/act/artifactcache/handler_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package artifactcache
+
+import "syscall"
+
+func suicide() error {
+	return syscall.Kill(syscall.Getpid(), syscall.SIGTERM)
+}
diff --git a/act/artifactcache/handler_windows.go b/act/artifactcache/handler_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..29b250a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/act/artifactcache/handler_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package artifactcache
+
+import "syscall"
+
+func suicide() error {
+	handle, err := syscall.GetCurrentProcess()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return syscall.TerminateProcess(handle, uint32(syscall.SIGTERM))
+}