diff --git a/pkg/signaling/mcast/backend.go b/pkg/signaling/mcast/backend.go
index 00fe5f19..a15a6bec 100644
--- a/pkg/signaling/mcast/backend.go
+++ b/pkg/signaling/mcast/backend.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Adam Rizkalla <ajarizzo@gmail.com>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+//go:build linux
+
 package mcast
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/signaling/mcast/backend_test.go b/pkg/signaling/mcast/backend_test.go
index 9f0a2814..cc63f21c 100644
--- a/pkg/signaling/mcast/backend_test.go
+++ b/pkg/signaling/mcast/backend_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Adam Rizkalla <ajarizzo@gmail.com>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+//go:build linux
+
 package mcast_test
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/signaling/mcast/config.go b/pkg/signaling/mcast/config.go
index 3eebaa29..178b3b33 100644
--- a/pkg/signaling/mcast/config.go
+++ b/pkg/signaling/mcast/config.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Adam Rizkalla <ajarizzo@gmail.com>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+//go:build linux
+
 package mcast
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/signaling/mcast/mcast.go b/pkg/signaling/mcast/mcast.go
index e478c643..3260f327 100644
--- a/pkg/signaling/mcast/mcast.go
+++ b/pkg/signaling/mcast/mcast.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Adam Rizkalla <ajarizzo@gmail.com>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+//go:build linux
+
 // Package mcast implements a signaling backend using multicast
 package mcast
 
diff --git a/pkg/signaling/mcast/mcast_others.go b/pkg/signaling/mcast/mcast_others.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06b48dd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/signaling/mcast/mcast_others.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-2025 Steffen Vogel <post@steffenvogel.de>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+//go:build !linux
+
+package mcast