diff --git a/tun/wintun/namespace_windows.go b/tun/wintun/namespace_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21791ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tun/wintun/namespace_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 WireGuard LLC. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+
+package wintun
+
+import (
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+	"unsafe"
+
+	"golang.org/x/crypto/blake2s"
+	"golang.org/x/sys/windows"
+	"golang.org/x/text/unicode/norm"
+
+	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/ipc/winpipe"
+	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/tun/wintun/namespaceapi"
+)
+
+var (
+	wintunObjectSecurityAttributes *windows.SecurityAttributes
+	hasInitializedNamespace        bool
+	initializingNamespace          sync.Mutex
+)
+
+func initializeNamespace() error {
+	initializingNamespace.Lock()
+	defer initializingNamespace.Unlock()
+	if hasInitializedNamespace {
+		return nil
+	}
+	sd, err := winpipe.SddlToSecurityDescriptor("O:SYD:P(A;;GA;;;SY)")
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("SddlToSecurityDescriptor failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	wintunObjectSecurityAttributes = &windows.SecurityAttributes{
+		Length:             uint32(len(sd)),
+		SecurityDescriptor: uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&sd[0])),
+	}
+	sid, err := windows.CreateWellKnownSid(windows.WinLocalSystemSid)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("CreateWellKnownSid(LOCAL_SYSTEM) failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	boundary, err := namespaceapi.CreateBoundaryDescriptor("Wintun")
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("CreateBoundaryDescriptor failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	err = boundary.AddSid(sid)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("AddSIDToBoundaryDescriptor failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	for {
+		_, err = namespaceapi.CreatePrivateNamespace(wintunObjectSecurityAttributes, boundary, "Wintun")
+		if err == windows.ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS {
+			_, err = namespaceapi.OpenPrivateNamespace(boundary, "Wintun")
+			if err == windows.ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND {
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Create/OpenPrivateNamespace failed: %v", err)
+		}
+		break
+	}
+	hasInitializedNamespace = true
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (pool Pool) takeNameMutex() (windows.Handle, error) {
+	err := initializeNamespace()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	const mutexLabel = "WireGuard Adapter Name Mutex Stable Suffix v1 jason@zx2c4.com"
+	b2, _ := blake2s.New256(nil)
+	b2.Write([]byte(mutexLabel))
+	b2.Write(norm.NFC.Bytes([]byte(string(pool))))
+	mutexName := `Wintun\Wintun-Name-Mutex-` + hex.EncodeToString(b2.Sum(nil))
+	mutex, err := windows.CreateMutex(wintunObjectSecurityAttributes, false, windows.StringToUTF16Ptr(mutexName))
+	if err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("Error creating name mutex: %v", err)
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	event, err := windows.WaitForSingleObject(mutex, windows.INFINITE)
+	if err != nil {
+		windows.CloseHandle(mutex)
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("Error waiting on name mutex: %v", err)
+	}
+	if event != windows.WAIT_OBJECT_0 {
+		windows.CloseHandle(mutex)
+		return 0, errors.New("Error with event trigger of name mutex")
+	}
+	return mutex, nil
+}
diff --git a/tun/wintun/ring.go b/tun/wintun/ring_windows.go
similarity index 100%
rename from tun/wintun/ring.go
rename to tun/wintun/ring_windows.go
diff --git a/tun/wintun/wintun_windows.go b/tun/wintun/wintun_windows.go
index d6fa35f..c654b02 100644
--- a/tun/wintun/wintun_windows.go
+++ b/tun/wintun/wintun_windows.go
@@ -6,17 +6,14 @@
 package wintun
 
 import (
-	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 	"unsafe"
 
-	"golang.org/x/crypto/blake2s"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/windows"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/windows/registry"
-	"golang.org/x/text/unicode/norm"
 
 	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/tun/wintun/iphlpapi"
 	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/tun/wintun/nci"
@@ -758,26 +755,3 @@ func (wintun *Interface) GUID() windows.GUID {
 func (wintun *Interface) LUID() uint64 {
 	return ((uint64(wintun.luidIndex) & ((1 << 24) - 1)) << 24) | ((uint64(wintun.ifType) & ((1 << 16) - 1)) << 48)
 }
-
-func (pool Pool) takeNameMutex() (windows.Handle, error) {
-	const mutexLabel = "WireGuard Adapter Name Mutex Stable Suffix v1 jason@zx2c4.com"
-	b2, _ := blake2s.New256(nil)
-	b2.Write([]byte(mutexLabel))
-	b2.Write(norm.NFC.Bytes([]byte(string(pool))))
-	mutexName := `Global\Wintun-Name-Mutex-` + hex.EncodeToString(b2.Sum(nil))
-	mutex, err := windows.CreateMutex(nil, false, windows.StringToUTF16Ptr(mutexName))
-	if err != nil {
-		err = fmt.Errorf("Error creating name mutex: %v", err)
-		return 0, err
-	}
-	event, err := windows.WaitForSingleObject(mutex, windows.INFINITE)
-	if err != nil {
-		windows.CloseHandle(mutex)
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("Error waiting on name mutex: %v", err)
-	}
-	if event != windows.WAIT_OBJECT_0 {
-		windows.CloseHandle(mutex)
-		return 0, errors.New("Error with event trigger of name mutex")
-	}
-	return mutex, nil
-}
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