diff --git a/src/signaler.cpp b/src/signaler.cpp
index 8a5d38e0..13acb5d2 100644
--- a/src/signaler.cpp
+++ b/src/signaler.cpp
@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ int zmq::signaler_t::make_fdpair (fd_t *r_, fd_t *w_)
     return 0;
 
 #elif defined ZMQ_HAVE_WINDOWS
+#if !defined _WIN32_WCE
+    // Windows CE does not manage security attributes
     SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR sd;
     SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES sa;
     memset (&sd, 0, sizeof (sd));
@@ -248,6 +250,7 @@ int zmq::signaler_t::make_fdpair (fd_t *r_, fd_t *w_)
 
     sa.nLength = sizeof(SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES);
     sa.lpSecurityDescriptor = &sd;
+#endif
 
     //  This function has to be in a system-wide critical section so that
     //  two instances of the library don't accidentally create signaler
@@ -256,7 +259,11 @@ int zmq::signaler_t::make_fdpair (fd_t *r_, fd_t *w_)
     //  Note that if the event object already exists, the CreateEvent requests
     //  EVENT_ALL_ACCESS access right. If this fails, we try to open
     //  the event object asking for SYNCHRONIZE access only.
+#if !defined _WIN32_WCE
     HANDLE sync = CreateEvent (&sa, FALSE, TRUE, TEXT ("Global\\zmq-signaler-port-sync"));
+#else
+    HANDLE sync = CreateEvent (NULL, FALSE, TRUE, TEXT ("Global\\zmq-signaler-port-sync"));
+#endif
     if (sync == NULL && GetLastError () == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED)
       sync = OpenEvent (SYNCHRONIZE | EVENT_MODIFY_STATE, FALSE, TEXT ("Global\\zmq-signaler-port-sync"));
 
@@ -303,9 +310,13 @@ int zmq::signaler_t::make_fdpair (fd_t *r_, fd_t *w_)
     *w_ = WSASocket (AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0, NULL, 0,  0);
     wsa_assert (*w_ != INVALID_SOCKET);
 
+#if !defined _WIN32_WCE
     //  On Windows, preventing sockets to be inherited by child processes.
     BOOL brc = SetHandleInformation ((HANDLE) *w_, HANDLE_FLAG_INHERIT, 0);
     win_assert (brc);
+#else
+    BOOL brc;
+#endif
 
     //  Set TCP_NODELAY on writer socket.
     rc = setsockopt (*w_, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY,
@@ -341,10 +352,11 @@ int zmq::signaler_t::make_fdpair (fd_t *r_, fd_t *w_)
     win_assert (brc != 0);
 
     if (*r_ != INVALID_SOCKET) {
+#if !defined _WIN32_WCE
         //  On Windows, preventing sockets to be inherited by child processes.
         brc = SetHandleInformation ((HANDLE) *r_, HANDLE_FLAG_INHERIT, 0);
         win_assert (brc);
-
+#endif
         return 0;
     } else {
         //  Cleanup writer if connection failed
diff --git a/src/tcp_listener.cpp b/src/tcp_listener.cpp
index 73fad94b..cf40b85d 100644
--- a/src/tcp_listener.cpp
+++ b/src/tcp_listener.cpp
@@ -174,9 +174,11 @@ int zmq::tcp_listener_t::set_address (const char *addr_)
         errno = wsa_error_to_errno (WSAGetLastError ());
         return -1;
     }
+#if !defined _WIN32_WCE
     //  On Windows, preventing sockets to be inherited by child processes.
     BOOL brc = SetHandleInformation ((HANDLE) s, HANDLE_FLAG_INHERIT, 0);
     win_assert (brc);
+#endif
 #else
     if (s == -1)
         return -1;
@@ -258,9 +260,11 @@ zmq::fd_t zmq::tcp_listener_t::accept ()
             WSAGetLastError () == WSAENOBUFS);
         return retired_fd;
     }
+#if !defined _WIN32_WCE
     //  On Windows, preventing sockets to be inherited by child processes.
     BOOL brc = SetHandleInformation ((HANDLE) sock, HANDLE_FLAG_INHERIT, 0);
     win_assert (brc);
+#endif
 #else
     if (sock == -1) {
         errno_assert (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EWOULDBLOCK ||