diff --git a/changelog.html b/changelog.html
index 81faa6cd0f..817463f335 100644
--- a/changelog.html
+++ b/changelog.html
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ Upcoming changes</a>
 <div id="rc" style="display:none;"><!--=BEGIN=-->
 <h3><a name=v1.510>What's new in 1.510</a> <!--=DATE=--></h3>
 <ul class=image>
+  <li class=bug>
+    <tt>UnsatisfiedLinkError</tt> on <tt>CreateSymbolicLinkw</tt> on Windows XP.
+    (<a href="https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-17343">issue 17343</a>)
   <li class=bug>
     Flyweight tasks should execute on the master if there's no static
     executors available.
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/Util.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/Util.java
index a2e2bb3373..21326e35f2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/Util.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/Util.java
@@ -1065,6 +1065,9 @@ public class Util {
                         return;
                     }
                     throw e;
+                } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
+                    // not available on this Windows
+                    return;
                 }
             } else {
                 String errmsg = "";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/jna/Kernel32Utils.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/jna/Kernel32Utils.java
index ee76e82d7e..4a3365b581 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/jna/Kernel32Utils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/jna/Kernel32Utils.java
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ public class Kernel32Utils {
      * @param target
      *      If relative, resolved against the location of the symlink.
      *      If absolute, it's absolute.
+     * @throws UnsatisfiedLinkError
+     *      If the function is not exported by kernel32.
+     *      See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa363866(v=vs.85).aspx
+     *      for compatibility info.
      */
     public static void createSymbolicLink(File symlink, String target, boolean dirLink) throws IOException {
         if (!Kernel32.INSTANCE.CreateSymbolicLinkW(