diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 36920ae..8e75d8c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-09-26  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@iki.fi>
+
+	* parse.c (get_compat_package): Return NULL right away on
+	Windows. There has never been any of these legacy *-config scripts
+	distributed for Windows as far as I know.
+
 2002-09-26  Anders Carlsson  <andersca@gnu.org>
 
 	* pkg.c (verify_package): Use strncmp when checking for
diff --git a/parse.c b/parse.c
index 4cd32ee..33337b1 100644
--- a/parse.c
+++ b/parse.c
@@ -1010,6 +1010,16 @@ try_command (const char *command)
 Package *
 get_compat_package (const char *name)
 {
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+  /* There has never been any of these legacy *-config scripts on
+   * Windows as far as I know. No use trying to execute them, will
+   * only confuse users to see the "blabla is not recognized as an
+   * internal or external command, operable program or batch file"
+   * messages.
+   */
+  return NULL;
+#else
+
   Package *pkg;
 
   if (name_ends_in_uninstalled (name))
@@ -1328,5 +1338,5 @@ get_compat_package (const char *name)
 
       return pkg;
     }
+#endif
 }
-