diff --git a/chardev/char-win.c b/chardev/char-win.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad69c384fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chardev/char-win.c
@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "char-win.h"
+
+static void win_chr_readfile(Chardev *chr)
+{
+    WinChardev *s = WIN_CHARDEV(chr);
+
+    int ret, err;
+    uint8_t buf[CHR_READ_BUF_LEN];
+    DWORD size;
+
+    ZeroMemory(&s->orecv, sizeof(s->orecv));
+    s->orecv.hEvent = s->hrecv;
+    ret = ReadFile(s->hcom, buf, s->len, &size, &s->orecv);
+    if (!ret) {
+        err = GetLastError();
+        if (err == ERROR_IO_PENDING) {
+            ret = GetOverlappedResult(s->hcom, &s->orecv, &size, TRUE);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (size > 0) {
+        qemu_chr_be_write(chr, buf, size);
+    }
+}
+
+static void win_chr_read(Chardev *chr)
+{
+    WinChardev *s = WIN_CHARDEV(chr);
+
+    if (s->len > s->max_size) {
+        s->len = s->max_size;
+    }
+    if (s->len == 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    win_chr_readfile(chr);
+}
+
+static int win_chr_read_poll(Chardev *chr)
+{
+    WinChardev *s = WIN_CHARDEV(chr);
+
+    s->max_size = qemu_chr_be_can_write(chr);
+    return s->max_size;
+}
+
+static int win_chr_poll(void *opaque)
+{
+    Chardev *chr = CHARDEV(opaque);
+    WinChardev *s = WIN_CHARDEV(opaque);
+    COMSTAT status;
+    DWORD comerr;
+
+    ClearCommError(s->hcom, &comerr, &status);
+    if (status.cbInQue > 0) {
+        s->len = status.cbInQue;
+        win_chr_read_poll(chr);
+        win_chr_read(chr);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int win_chr_init(Chardev *chr, const char *filename, Error **errp)
+{
+    WinChardev *s = WIN_CHARDEV(chr);
+    COMMCONFIG comcfg;
+    COMMTIMEOUTS cto = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
+    COMSTAT comstat;
+    DWORD size;
+    DWORD err;
+
+    s->hsend = CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL);
+    if (!s->hsend) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed CreateEvent");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+    s->hrecv = CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL);
+    if (!s->hrecv) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed CreateEvent");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    s->hcom = CreateFile(filename, GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL,
+                      OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED, 0);
+    if (s->hcom == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed CreateFile (%lu)", GetLastError());
+        s->hcom = NULL;
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    if (!SetupComm(s->hcom, NRECVBUF, NSENDBUF)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed SetupComm");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    ZeroMemory(&comcfg, sizeof(COMMCONFIG));
+    size = sizeof(COMMCONFIG);
+    GetDefaultCommConfig(filename, &comcfg, &size);
+    comcfg.dcb.DCBlength = sizeof(DCB);
+    CommConfigDialog(filename, NULL, &comcfg);
+
+    if (!SetCommState(s->hcom, &comcfg.dcb)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed SetCommState");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    if (!SetCommMask(s->hcom, EV_ERR)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed SetCommMask");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    cto.ReadIntervalTimeout = MAXDWORD;
+    if (!SetCommTimeouts(s->hcom, &cto)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed SetCommTimeouts");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    if (!ClearCommError(s->hcom, &err, &comstat)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed ClearCommError");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+    qemu_add_polling_cb(win_chr_poll, chr);
+    return 0;
+
+ fail:
+    return -1;
+}
+
+int win_chr_pipe_poll(void *opaque)
+{
+    Chardev *chr = CHARDEV(opaque);
+    WinChardev *s = WIN_CHARDEV(opaque);
+    DWORD size;
+
+    PeekNamedPipe(s->hcom, NULL, 0, NULL, &size, NULL);
+    if (size > 0) {
+        s->len = size;
+        win_chr_read_poll(chr);
+        win_chr_read(chr);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/* Called with chr_write_lock held.  */
+static int win_chr_write(Chardev *chr, const uint8_t *buf, int len1)
+{
+    WinChardev *s = WIN_CHARDEV(chr);
+    DWORD len, ret, size, err;
+
+    len = len1;
+    ZeroMemory(&s->osend, sizeof(s->osend));
+    s->osend.hEvent = s->hsend;
+    while (len > 0) {
+        if (s->hsend) {
+            ret = WriteFile(s->hcom, buf, len, &size, &s->osend);
+        } else {
+            ret = WriteFile(s->hcom, buf, len, &size, NULL);
+        }
+        if (!ret) {
+            err = GetLastError();
+            if (err == ERROR_IO_PENDING) {
+                ret = GetOverlappedResult(s->hcom, &s->osend, &size, TRUE);
+                if (ret) {
+                    buf += size;
+                    len -= size;
+                } else {
+                    break;
+                }
+            } else {
+                break;
+            }
+        } else {
+            buf += size;
+            len -= size;
+        }
+    }
+    return len1 - len;
+}
+
+static void char_win_finalize(Object *obj)
+{
+    Chardev *chr = CHARDEV(obj);
+    WinChardev *s = WIN_CHARDEV(chr);
+
+    if (s->skip_free) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (s->hsend) {
+        CloseHandle(s->hsend);
+        s->hsend = NULL;
+    }
+    if (s->hrecv) {
+        CloseHandle(s->hrecv);
+        s->hrecv = NULL;
+    }
+    if (s->hcom) {
+        CloseHandle(s->hcom);
+        s->hcom = NULL;
+    }
+    if (s->fpipe) {
+        qemu_del_polling_cb(win_chr_pipe_poll, chr);
+    } else {
+        qemu_del_polling_cb(win_chr_poll, chr);
+    }
+
+    qemu_chr_be_event(chr, CHR_EVENT_CLOSED);
+}
+
+void qemu_chr_open_win_file(Chardev *chr, HANDLE fd_out)
+{
+    WinChardev *s = WIN_CHARDEV(chr);
+
+    s->skip_free = true;
+    s->hcom = fd_out;
+}
+
+static void char_win_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
+{
+    ChardevClass *cc = CHARDEV_CLASS(oc);
+
+    cc->chr_write = win_chr_write;
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo char_win_type_info = {
+    .name = TYPE_CHARDEV_WIN,
+    .parent = TYPE_CHARDEV,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(WinChardev),
+    .instance_finalize = char_win_finalize,
+    .class_init = char_win_class_init,
+    .abstract = true,
+};
+
+static void register_types(void)
+{
+    type_register_static(&char_win_type_info);
+}
+
+type_init(register_types);
diff --git a/chardev/char.c b/chardev/char.c
index 17d47395a7..3b7140482c 100644
--- a/chardev/char.c
+++ b/chardev/char.c
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@
 #include "char-mux.h"
 #include "char-fd.h"
 #include "char-io.h"
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include "char-win.h"
+#endif
 
 #define TCP_MAX_FDS 16
 
@@ -1469,23 +1472,6 @@ static void qemu_chr_open_pp_fd(Chardev *chr,
 
 #define HAVE_CHARDEV_SERIAL 1
 
-typedef struct {
-    Chardev parent;
-    int max_size;
-    HANDLE hcom, hrecv, hsend;
-    OVERLAPPED orecv;
-    BOOL fpipe;
-    DWORD len;
-
-    /* Protected by the Chardev chr_write_lock.  */
-    OVERLAPPED osend;
-    /* FIXME: file/console do not finalize */
-    BOOL skip_free;
-} WinChardev;
-
-#define TYPE_CHARDEV_WIN "chardev-win"
-#define WIN_CHARDEV(obj) OBJECT_CHECK(WinChardev, (obj), TYPE_CHARDEV_WIN)
-
 typedef struct {
     Chardev parent;
     HANDLE  hStdIn;
@@ -1499,220 +1485,9 @@ typedef struct {
 #define WIN_STDIO_CHARDEV(obj)                                  \
     OBJECT_CHECK(WinStdioChardev, (obj), TYPE_CHARDEV_WIN_STDIO)
 
-#define NSENDBUF 2048
-#define NRECVBUF 2048
 #define MAXCONNECT 1
 #define NTIMEOUT 5000
 
-static int win_chr_poll(void *opaque);
-static int win_chr_pipe_poll(void *opaque);
-
-static void char_win_finalize(Object *obj)
-{
-    Chardev *chr = CHARDEV(obj);
-    WinChardev *s = WIN_CHARDEV(chr);
-
-    if (s->skip_free) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if (s->hsend) {
-        CloseHandle(s->hsend);
-        s->hsend = NULL;
-    }
-    if (s->hrecv) {
-        CloseHandle(s->hrecv);
-        s->hrecv = NULL;
-    }
-    if (s->hcom) {
-        CloseHandle(s->hcom);
-        s->hcom = NULL;
-    }
-    if (s->fpipe)
-        qemu_del_polling_cb(win_chr_pipe_poll, chr);
-    else
-        qemu_del_polling_cb(win_chr_poll, chr);
-
-    qemu_chr_be_event(chr, CHR_EVENT_CLOSED);
-}
-
-static int win_chr_init(Chardev *chr, const char *filename, Error **errp)
-{
-    WinChardev *s = WIN_CHARDEV(chr);
-    COMMCONFIG comcfg;
-    COMMTIMEOUTS cto = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
-    COMSTAT comstat;
-    DWORD size;
-    DWORD err;
-
-    s->hsend = CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL);
-    if (!s->hsend) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Failed CreateEvent");
-        goto fail;
-    }
-    s->hrecv = CreateEvent(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL);
-    if (!s->hrecv) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Failed CreateEvent");
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    s->hcom = CreateFile(filename, GENERIC_READ|GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL,
-                      OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED, 0);
-    if (s->hcom == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Failed CreateFile (%lu)", GetLastError());
-        s->hcom = NULL;
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    if (!SetupComm(s->hcom, NRECVBUF, NSENDBUF)) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Failed SetupComm");
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    ZeroMemory(&comcfg, sizeof(COMMCONFIG));
-    size = sizeof(COMMCONFIG);
-    GetDefaultCommConfig(filename, &comcfg, &size);
-    comcfg.dcb.DCBlength = sizeof(DCB);
-    CommConfigDialog(filename, NULL, &comcfg);
-
-    if (!SetCommState(s->hcom, &comcfg.dcb)) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Failed SetCommState");
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    if (!SetCommMask(s->hcom, EV_ERR)) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Failed SetCommMask");
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    cto.ReadIntervalTimeout = MAXDWORD;
-    if (!SetCommTimeouts(s->hcom, &cto)) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Failed SetCommTimeouts");
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    if (!ClearCommError(s->hcom, &err, &comstat)) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Failed ClearCommError");
-        goto fail;
-    }
-    qemu_add_polling_cb(win_chr_poll, chr);
-    return 0;
-
- fail:
-    return -1;
-}
-
-/* Called with chr_write_lock held.  */
-static int win_chr_write(Chardev *chr, const uint8_t *buf, int len1)
-{
-    WinChardev *s = WIN_CHARDEV(chr);
-    DWORD len, ret, size, err;
-
-    len = len1;
-    ZeroMemory(&s->osend, sizeof(s->osend));
-    s->osend.hEvent = s->hsend;
-    while (len > 0) {
-        if (s->hsend)
-            ret = WriteFile(s->hcom, buf, len, &size, &s->osend);
-        else
-            ret = WriteFile(s->hcom, buf, len, &size, NULL);
-        if (!ret) {
-            err = GetLastError();
-            if (err == ERROR_IO_PENDING) {
-                ret = GetOverlappedResult(s->hcom, &s->osend, &size, TRUE);
-                if (ret) {
-                    buf += size;
-                    len -= size;
-                } else {
-                    break;
-                }
-            } else {
-                break;
-            }
-        } else {
-            buf += size;
-            len -= size;
-        }
-    }
-    return len1 - len;
-}
-
-static int win_chr_read_poll(Chardev *chr)
-{
-    WinChardev *s = WIN_CHARDEV(chr);
-
-    s->max_size = qemu_chr_be_can_write(chr);
-    return s->max_size;
-}
-
-static void win_chr_readfile(Chardev *chr)
-{
-    WinChardev *s = WIN_CHARDEV(chr);
-
-    int ret, err;
-    uint8_t buf[CHR_READ_BUF_LEN];
-    DWORD size;
-
-    ZeroMemory(&s->orecv, sizeof(s->orecv));
-    s->orecv.hEvent = s->hrecv;
-    ret = ReadFile(s->hcom, buf, s->len, &size, &s->orecv);
-    if (!ret) {
-        err = GetLastError();
-        if (err == ERROR_IO_PENDING) {
-            ret = GetOverlappedResult(s->hcom, &s->orecv, &size, TRUE);
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (size > 0) {
-        qemu_chr_be_write(chr, buf, size);
-    }
-}
-
-static void win_chr_read(Chardev *chr)
-{
-    WinChardev *s = WIN_CHARDEV(chr);
-
-    if (s->len > s->max_size)
-        s->len = s->max_size;
-    if (s->len == 0)
-        return;
-
-    win_chr_readfile(chr);
-}
-
-static int win_chr_poll(void *opaque)
-{
-    Chardev *chr = CHARDEV(opaque);
-    WinChardev *s = WIN_CHARDEV(opaque);
-    COMSTAT status;
-    DWORD comerr;
-
-    ClearCommError(s->hcom, &comerr, &status);
-    if (status.cbInQue > 0) {
-        s->len = status.cbInQue;
-        win_chr_read_poll(chr);
-        win_chr_read(chr);
-        return 1;
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static int win_chr_pipe_poll(void *opaque)
-{
-    Chardev *chr = CHARDEV(opaque);
-    WinChardev *s = WIN_CHARDEV(opaque);
-    DWORD size;
-
-    PeekNamedPipe(s->hcom, NULL, 0, NULL, &size, NULL);
-    if (size > 0) {
-        s->len = size;
-        win_chr_read_poll(chr);
-        win_chr_read(chr);
-        return 1;
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
 static int win_chr_pipe_init(Chardev *chr, const char *filename,
                              Error **errp)
 {
@@ -1790,30 +1565,6 @@ static void qemu_chr_open_pipe(Chardev *chr,
     }
 }
 
-static void qemu_chr_open_win_file(Chardev *chr, HANDLE fd_out)
-{
-    WinChardev *s = WIN_CHARDEV(chr);
-
-    s->skip_free = true;
-    s->hcom = fd_out;
-}
-
-static void char_win_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
-{
-    ChardevClass *cc = CHARDEV_CLASS(oc);
-
-    cc->chr_write = win_chr_write;
-}
-
-static const TypeInfo char_win_type_info = {
-    .name = TYPE_CHARDEV_WIN,
-    .parent = TYPE_CHARDEV,
-    .instance_size = sizeof(WinChardev),
-    .instance_finalize = char_win_finalize,
-    .class_init = char_win_class_init,
-    .abstract = true,
-};
-
 static void qemu_chr_open_win_con(Chardev *chr,
                                   ChardevBackend *backend,
                                   bool *be_opened,
@@ -4181,7 +3932,6 @@ static void register_types(void)
 {
     type_register_static(&char_type_info);
 #ifdef _WIN32
-    type_register_static(&char_win_type_info);
     type_register_static(&char_win_stdio_type_info);
 #endif
     type_register_static(&char_socket_type_info);
diff --git a/chardev/Makefile.objs b/chardev/Makefile.objs
index d2f03dc5df..bdf5a112a7 100644
--- a/chardev/Makefile.objs
+++ b/chardev/Makefile.objs
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ chardev-obj-y += char-io.o
 chardev-obj-y += char-mux.o
 chardev-obj-y += char-null.o
 chardev-obj-y += char-ringbuf.o
+chardev-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += char-win.o
diff --git a/chardev/char-win.h b/chardev/char-win.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e91b5004ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chardev/char-win.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#ifndef CHAR_WIN_H
+#define CHAR_WIN_H
+
+#include "sysemu/char.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+    Chardev parent;
+    int max_size;
+    HANDLE hcom, hrecv, hsend;
+    OVERLAPPED orecv;
+    BOOL fpipe;
+    DWORD len;
+
+    /* Protected by the Chardev chr_write_lock.  */
+    OVERLAPPED osend;
+    /* FIXME: file/console do not finalize */
+    BOOL skip_free;
+} WinChardev;
+
+#define NSENDBUF 2048
+#define NRECVBUF 2048
+
+#define TYPE_CHARDEV_WIN "chardev-win"
+#define WIN_CHARDEV(obj) OBJECT_CHECK(WinChardev, (obj), TYPE_CHARDEV_WIN)
+
+void qemu_chr_open_win_file(Chardev *chr, HANDLE fd_out);
+int win_chr_init(Chardev *chr, const char *filename, Error **errp);
+int win_chr_pipe_poll(void *opaque);
+
+#endif /* CHAR_WIN_H */
