diff --git a/src/render_import_unix.js b/src/render_import_unix.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6c4f6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/render_import_unix.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// sharp has to be required before node-canvas on linux. see https://github.com/lovell/sharp/issues/371
+import sharp from 'sharp'; 
+import { createCanvas, Image } from 'canvas';
+
+export {sharp, createCanvas, Image};
diff --git a/src/render_import_windows.js b/src/render_import_windows.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56e60f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/render_import_windows.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// sharp has to be required after node-canvas on windows. see https://github.com/Automattic/node-canvas/issues/2155#issuecomment-1487190125
+import { createCanvas, Image } from 'canvas';
+import sharp from 'sharp'; 
+
+export {sharp, createCanvas, Image};
diff --git a/src/serve_rendered.js b/src/serve_rendered.js
index 662549e..b1e6056 100644
--- a/src/serve_rendered.js
+++ b/src/serve_rendered.js
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import path from 'path';
 import url from 'url';
 import util from 'util';
 import zlib from 'zlib';
-import sharp from 'sharp'; // sharp has to be required before node-canvas. see https://github.com/lovell/sharp/issues/371
-import { createCanvas, Image } from 'canvas';
 import clone from 'clone';
 import Color from 'color';
 import express from 'express';
@@ -20,6 +18,10 @@ import proj4 from 'proj4';
 import request from 'request';
 import { getFontsPbf, getTileUrls, fixTileJSONCenter } from './utils.js';
 
+import Os from 'os'
+var ostype = (Os.platform() == 'win32') ? "windows":"unix";
+const { sharp, createCanvas, Image } = await import(`./render_import_${ostype}.js`);
+
 const FLOAT_PATTERN = '[+-]?(?:\\d+|\\d+.?\\d+)';
 const PATH_PATTERN =
   /^((fill|stroke|width)\:[^\|]+\|)*((enc:.+)|((-?\d+\.?\d*,-?\d+\.?\d*\|)+(-?\d+\.?\d*,-?\d+\.?\d*)))/;