diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f747205ab4fb2aa492be884d14b0443baa834bec..64aae32be8d4e5f0fde55e5766e8f8b96c100b9c 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,10 +19,16 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import itertools
+import platform
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages, find_namespace_packages
 
 
+plat = platform.system()
+if plat != 'Linux':
+    raise ValueError(f'Only Linux is supported, {plat} is unsupported')
+
+
 with open('README.rst', 'r') as f:
     long_description = f.read()