diff --git a/client/driver/logcollector/collector_windows.go b/client/driver/logcollector/collector_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e13c04b2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/driver/logcollector/collector_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package logcollector
+
+import (
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/allocdir"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/driver/executor"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/structs"
+)
+
+// LogCollectorContext holds context to configure the syslog server
+type LogCollectorContext struct {
+	// TaskName is the name of the Task
+	TaskName string
+
+	// AllocDir is the handle to do operations on the alloc dir of
+	// the task
+	AllocDir *allocdir.AllocDir
+
+	// LogConfig provides configuration related to log rotation
+	LogConfig *structs.LogConfig
+
+	// PortUpperBound is the upper bound of the ports that we can use to start
+	// the syslog server
+	PortUpperBound uint
+
+	// PortLowerBound is the lower bound of the ports that we can use to start
+	// the syslog server
+	PortLowerBound uint
+}
+
+// SyslogCollectorState holds the address and islation information of a launched
+// syslog server
+type SyslogCollectorState struct {
+	IsolationConfig *executor.IsolationConfig
+	Addr            string
+}
+
+// LogCollector is an interface which allows a driver to launch a log server
+// and update log configuration
+type LogCollector interface {
+	LaunchCollector(ctx *LogCollectorContext) (*SyslogCollectorState, error)
+	Exit() error
+	UpdateLogConfig(logConfig *structs.LogConfig) error
+}
+
+// SyslogCollector is a LogCollector which starts a syslog server and does
+// rotation to incoming stream
+type SyslogCollector struct {
+}
+
+// NewSyslogCollector returns an implementation of the SyslogCollector
+func NewSyslogCollector(logger *log.Logger) *SyslogCollector {
+	return &SyslogCollector{}
+}
+
+// LaunchCollector launches a new syslog server and starts writing log lines to
+// files and rotates them
+func (s *SyslogCollector) LaunchCollector(ctx *LogCollectorContext) (*SyslogCollectorState, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+// Exit kills the syslog server
+func (s *SyslogCollector) Exit() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// UpdateLogConfig updates the log configuration
+func (s *SyslogCollector) UpdateLogConfig(logConfig *structs.LogConfig) error {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/client/driver/logcollector/parser.go b/client/driver/logcollector/parser.go
index eeb910a6f..79ec96ae2 100644
--- a/client/driver/logcollector/parser.go
+++ b/client/driver/logcollector/parser.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// +build !windows
+
 package logcollector
 
 import (
diff --git a/client/driver/logcollector/parser_test.go b/client/driver/logcollector/parser_test.go
index 2c62049c5..dd43379ed 100644
--- a/client/driver/logcollector/parser_test.go
+++ b/client/driver/logcollector/parser_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// +build !windows
+
 package logcollector
 
 import (
diff --git a/client/driver/logcollector/collector.go b/client/driver/logcollector/universal_collector.go
similarity index 99%
rename from client/driver/logcollector/collector.go
rename to client/driver/logcollector/universal_collector.go
index fab901428..35a5478c0 100644
--- a/client/driver/logcollector/collector.go
+++ b/client/driver/logcollector/universal_collector.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// +build !windows
+
 package logcollector
 
 import (
diff --git a/client/driver/utils_posix.go b/client/driver/utils_posix.go
index fef4a002f..ccaaeee1f 100644
--- a/client/driver/utils_posix.go
+++ b/client/driver/utils_posix.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// +build !linux
+// +build !linux,!windows
 
 package driver