diff --git a/pkg/machine/qemu/command/command.go b/pkg/machine/qemu/command/command.go
index 11994f85f1..de94ab396c 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/qemu/command/command.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/qemu/command/command.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/containers/common/pkg/strongunits"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/pkg/machine/define"
 	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/fileutils"
 )
@@ -33,14 +32,6 @@ func NewQemuBuilder(binary string, options []string) QemuCmd {
 	return append(q, options...)
 }
 
-// SetMemory adds the specified amount of memory for the machine
-func (q *QemuCmd) SetMemory(m strongunits.MiB) {
-	serializedMem := strconv.FormatUint(uint64(m), 10)
-	// In order to use virtiofsd, we must enable shared memory
-	*q = append(*q, "-object", fmt.Sprintf("memory-backend-memfd,id=mem,size=%sM,share=on", serializedMem))
-	*q = append(*q, "-m", serializedMem)
-}
-
 // SetCPUs adds the number of CPUs the machine will have
 func (q *QemuCmd) SetCPUs(c uint64) {
 	*q = append(*q, "-smp", strconv.FormatUint(c, 10))
diff --git a/pkg/machine/qemu/command/command_unix.go b/pkg/machine/qemu/command/command_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9ecd4a7d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/machine/qemu/command/command_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+//go:build dragonfly || freebsd || linux || netbsd || openbsd
+
+package command
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/containers/common/pkg/strongunits"
+)
+
+// SetMemory adds the specified amount of memory for the machine
+func (q *QemuCmd) SetMemory(m strongunits.MiB) {
+	serializedMem := strconv.FormatUint(uint64(m), 10)
+	// In order to use virtiofsd, we must enable shared memory
+	*q = append(*q, "-object", fmt.Sprintf("memory-backend-memfd,id=mem,size=%sM,share=on", serializedMem))
+	*q = append(*q, "-m", serializedMem)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/machine/qemu/command/command_windows.go b/pkg/machine/qemu/command/command_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61a5ffa4a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/machine/qemu/command/command_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+//go:build windows
+
+package command
+
+import (
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/containers/common/pkg/strongunits"
+)
+
+// SetMemory adds the specified amount of memory for the machine
+func (q *QemuCmd) SetMemory(m strongunits.MiB) {
+	serializedMem := strconv.FormatUint(uint64(m), 10)
+	*q = append(*q, "-m", serializedMem)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/machine/qemu/config.go b/pkg/machine/qemu/config.go
index 7d86bb6349..760df18ead 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/qemu/config.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/qemu/config.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//go:build !darwin && !windows
+//go:build !darwin
 
 package qemu
 
diff --git a/pkg/machine/qemu/machine.go b/pkg/machine/qemu/machine.go
index 64fb04a73d..1a33ba3b01 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/qemu/machine.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/qemu/machine.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//go:build linux || freebsd
+//go:build linux || freebsd || windows
 
 package qemu
 
diff --git a/pkg/machine/qemu/machine_unsupported.go b/pkg/machine/qemu/machine_unsupported.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d3b969dd40..0000000000
--- a/pkg/machine/qemu/machine_unsupported.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-//go:build !amd64 && !arm64 && darwin
-
-package qemu
diff --git a/pkg/machine/qemu/options_windows_amd64.go b/pkg/machine/qemu/options_windows_amd64.go
index 1a929a5f32..6e0ba0271a 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/qemu/options_windows_amd64.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/qemu/options_windows_amd64.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//go:build tempoff
+//go:build windows && amd64
 
 package qemu
 
diff --git a/pkg/machine/qemu/stubber.go b/pkg/machine/qemu/stubber.go
index d9d657db3e..a1fee675b7 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/qemu/stubber.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/qemu/stubber.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//go:build linux || freebsd
+//go:build linux || freebsd || windows
 
 package qemu
 
diff --git a/pkg/machine/qemu/virtiofsd.go b/pkg/machine/qemu/virtiofsd.go
index fe2c697006..29f6ba215c 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/qemu/virtiofsd.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/qemu/virtiofsd.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//go:build linux || freebsd
+//go:build linux || freebsd || windows
 
 package qemu
 
diff --git a/pkg/machine/vmconfigs/config_windows.go b/pkg/machine/vmconfigs/config_windows.go
index be39e2f953..bbb694412b 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/vmconfigs/config_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/vmconfigs/config_windows.go
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package vmconfigs
 
 import (
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/pkg/machine/define"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/pkg/machine/hyperv/vsock"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/pkg/machine/qemu/command"
 )
 
 type HyperVConfig struct {
@@ -17,10 +19,16 @@ type WSLConfig struct {
 	UserModeNetworking bool
 }
 
+type QEMUConfig struct {
+	// QMPMonitor is the qemu monitor object for sending commands
+	QMPMonitor command.Monitor
+	// QEMUPidPath is where to write the PID for QEMU when running
+	QEMUPidPath *define.VMFile
+}
+
 // Stubs
 type AppleHVConfig struct{}
 type LibKrunConfig struct{}
-type QEMUConfig struct{}
 
 func getHostUID() int {
 	return 1000