diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
index 242b44eafc3..fa7b7add93a 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -942,7 +942,9 @@ PostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	/* For debugging: display postmaster environment */
 	{
+#if !defined(WIN32) || defined(_MSC_VER)
 		extern char **environ;
+#endif
 		char	  **p;
 
 		ereport(DEBUG3,
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/ps_status.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/ps_status.c
index 3a5c002d5de..3b231779352 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/ps_status.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/ps_status.c
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@
 #include "utils/guc.h"
 #include "utils/ps_status.h"
 
+#if !defined(WIN32) || defined(_MSC_VER)
 extern char **environ;
+#endif
 bool		update_process_title = true;
 
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/regress.c b/src/test/regress/regress.c
index 481588c9a44..ed75c410ffe 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/regress.c
+++ b/src/test/regress/regress.c
@@ -631,7 +631,9 @@ PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(get_environ);
 Datum
 get_environ(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
+#if !defined(WIN32) || defined(_MSC_VER)
 	extern char **environ;
+#endif
 	int			nvals = 0;
 	ArrayType  *result;
 	Datum	   *env;