diff --git a/daemon/unbound.c b/daemon/unbound.c
index 6424a4231..9950dee94 100644
--- a/daemon/unbound.c
+++ b/daemon/unbound.c
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ perform_setup(struct daemon* daemon, struct config_file* cfg, int debug_mode,
 	}
 #else
 	(void)daemon;
+	(void)need_pidfile;
 #endif /* HAVE_KILL */
 
 	/* Set user context */
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index fe65b05c2..13ea25647 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 	- snprintf of thread number does not warn about truncated string.
 	- squelch TCP fast open error on FreeBSD when kernel has it disabled,
 	  unless verbosity is high.
+	- remove warning from windows compile.
 
 17 July 2017: Wouter
 	- Fix #1350: make cachedb backend configurable (from JINMEI Tatuya).