diff --git a/adb/adb_listeners.cpp b/adb/adb_listeners.cpp
index a142384..fecf452 100644
--- a/adb/adb_listeners.cpp
+++ b/adb/adb_listeners.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "socket_spec.h"
 #include "sysdeps.h"
+#include "sysdeps/memory.h"
 #include "transport.h"
 
 // A listener is an entity which binds to a local port and, upon receiving a connection on that
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    std::unique_ptr<alistener> listener(new alistener(local_name, connect_to));
+    auto listener = std::make_unique<alistener>(local_name, connect_to);
 
     int resolved = 0;
     listener->fd = socket_spec_listen(listener->local_name, error, &resolved);
diff --git a/adb/commandline.cpp b/adb/commandline.cpp
index 6a80bcd..546321e 100644
--- a/adb/commandline.cpp
+++ b/adb/commandline.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 #include "services.h"
 #include "shell_service.h"
 #include "sysdeps/chrono.h"
+#include "sysdeps/memory.h"
 
 static int install_app(int argc, const char** argv);
 static int install_multiple_app(int argc, const char** argv);
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@
     char raw_buffer[BUFSIZ];
     char* buffer_ptr = raw_buffer;
     if (use_shell_protocol) {
-        protocol.reset(new ShellProtocol(fd));
+        protocol = std::make_unique<ShellProtocol>(fd);
         if (!protocol) {
             LOG(ERROR) << "failed to allocate memory for ShellProtocol object";
             return 1;
@@ -630,7 +631,7 @@
     args->raw_stdin = raw_stdin;
     args->escape_char = escape_char;
     if (use_shell_protocol) {
-        args->protocol.reset(new ShellProtocol(args->write_fd));
+        args->protocol = std::make_unique<ShellProtocol>(args->write_fd);
     }
 
     if (raw_stdin) stdin_raw_init();
diff --git a/adb/fdevent_test.cpp b/adb/fdevent_test.cpp
index 63cc4d1..dadae5a 100644
--- a/adb/fdevent_test.cpp
+++ b/adb/fdevent_test.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 
     std::vector<std::unique_ptr<FdHandler>> fd_handlers;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < read_fds.size(); ++i) {
-        fd_handlers.push_back(std::unique_ptr<FdHandler>(new FdHandler(read_fds[i], write_fds[i])));
+        fd_handlers.push_back(std::make_unique<FdHandler>(read_fds[i], write_fds[i]));
     }
 
     fdevent_loop();
diff --git a/adb/shell_service.cpp b/adb/shell_service.cpp
index f9f80c0..c04ceaf 100644
--- a/adb/shell_service.cpp
+++ b/adb/shell_service.cpp
@@ -372,8 +372,8 @@
         }
         D("protocol FD = %d", protocol_sfd_.get());
 
-        input_.reset(new ShellProtocol(protocol_sfd_));
-        output_.reset(new ShellProtocol(protocol_sfd_));
+        input_ = std::make_unique<ShellProtocol>(protocol_sfd_);
+        output_ = std::make_unique<ShellProtocol>(protocol_sfd_);
         if (!input_ || !output_) {
             *error = "failed to allocate shell protocol objects";
             kill(pid_, SIGKILL);
diff --git a/adb/sysdeps/memory.h b/adb/sysdeps/memory.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e4c509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adb/sysdeps/memory.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#pragma once
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <type_traits>
+
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+// We don't have C++14 on Windows yet.
+// Reimplement std::make_unique ourselves until we do.
+
+namespace std {
+
+template <typename T, typename... Args>
+typename std::enable_if<!std::is_array<T>::value, std::unique_ptr<T>>::type make_unique(
+    Args&&... args) {
+    return std::unique_ptr<T>(new T(std::forward<Args>(args)...));
+}
+
+}  // namespace std
+
+#endif