diff --git a/pkg/ip/route.go b/pkg/ip/route.go
index 6c8658b2..1325a47a 100644
--- a/pkg/ip/route.go
+++ b/pkg/ip/route.go
@@ -25,23 +25,3 @@ func AddDefaultRoute(gw net.IP, dev netlink.Link) error {
 	_, defNet, _ := net.ParseCIDR("0.0.0.0/0")
 	return AddRoute(defNet, gw, dev)
 }
-
-// AddRoute adds a universally-scoped route to a device.
-func AddRoute(ipn *net.IPNet, gw net.IP, dev netlink.Link) error {
-	return netlink.RouteAdd(&netlink.Route{
-		LinkIndex: dev.Attrs().Index,
-		Scope:     netlink.SCOPE_UNIVERSE,
-		Dst:       ipn,
-		Gw:        gw,
-	})
-}
-
-// AddHostRoute adds a host-scoped route to a device.
-func AddHostRoute(ipn *net.IPNet, gw net.IP, dev netlink.Link) error {
-	return netlink.RouteAdd(&netlink.Route{
-		LinkIndex: dev.Attrs().Index,
-		Scope:     netlink.SCOPE_HOST,
-		Dst:       ipn,
-		Gw:        gw,
-	})
-}
diff --git a/pkg/ip/route_linux.go b/pkg/ip/route_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b11807d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/ip/route_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// Copyright 2015-2017 CNI authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package ip
+
+import (
+	"net"
+
+	"github.com/vishvananda/netlink"
+)
+
+// AddRoute adds a universally-scoped route to a device.
+func AddRoute(ipn *net.IPNet, gw net.IP, dev netlink.Link) error {
+	return netlink.RouteAdd(&netlink.Route{
+		LinkIndex: dev.Attrs().Index,
+		Scope:     netlink.SCOPE_UNIVERSE,
+		Dst:       ipn,
+		Gw:        gw,
+	})
+}
+
+// AddHostRoute adds a host-scoped route to a device.
+func AddHostRoute(ipn *net.IPNet, gw net.IP, dev netlink.Link) error {
+	return netlink.RouteAdd(&netlink.Route{
+		LinkIndex: dev.Attrs().Index,
+		Scope:     netlink.SCOPE_HOST,
+		Dst:       ipn,
+		Gw:        gw,
+	})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/ip/route_unspecified.go b/pkg/ip/route_unspecified.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e79fdef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/ip/route_unspecified.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright 2015-2017 CNI authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// +build !linux
+
+package ip
+
+import (
+	"net"
+
+	"github.com/containernetworking/cni/pkg/types"
+	"github.com/vishvananda/netlink"
+)
+
+// AddRoute adds a universally-scoped route to a device.
+func AddRoute(ipn *net.IPNet, gw net.IP, dev netlink.Link) error {
+	return types.NotImplementedError
+}
+
+// AddHostRoute adds a host-scoped route to a device.
+func AddHostRoute(ipn *net.IPNet, gw net.IP, dev netlink.Link) error {
+	return types.NotImplementedError
+}