diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2de2efb74..ff3308505 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ elseif(SENTRY_BACKEND_NATIVE)
 	# Native backend sources and configuration are in src/CMakeLists.txt
 	# The native backend requires C11 for atomics (set in src/CMakeLists.txt)
 
-	if(WIN32)
+	if(WIN32 AND NOT XBOX)
 		add_library(sentry-wer SHARED
 			src/backends/native/sentry_wer.c
 			src/backends/native/sentry_wer.def
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ elseif(SENTRY_BACKEND_NATIVE)
 
 	# Make sentry library depend on crash daemon so it's always built together
 	add_dependencies(sentry sentry-crash)
-	if(WIN32)
+	if(WIN32 AND NOT XBOX)
 		add_dependencies(sentry sentry-wer)
 	endif()
 
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ elseif(SENTRY_BACKEND_NATIVE)
 	install(TARGETS sentry-crash
 		RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
 	)
-	if(WIN32)
+	if(WIN32 AND NOT XBOX)
 		install(TARGETS sentry-wer
 			RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
 			LIBRARY DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}"
diff --git a/src/backends/sentry_backend_native.c b/src/backends/sentry_backend_native.c
index abf46dc19..fe1af9322 100644
--- a/src/backends/sentry_backend_native.c
+++ b/src/backends/sentry_backend_native.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #    if defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_LINUX) || defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_ANDROID)
 #        include <sys/prctl.h>
 #    endif
-#elif defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_WINDOWS)
+#elif defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_WINDOWS) && !defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_XBOX)
 #    include <werapi.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static sentry_mutex_t g_ipc_init_mutex = SENTRY__MUTEX_INIT;
 #    endif
 #endif
 
-#if defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_WINDOWS)
+#if defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_WINDOWS) && !defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_XBOX)
 static sentry_wer_registration_t g_wer_registration = { 0 };
 
 static sentry_path_t *g_wer_path = NULL;
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ native_backend_startup(
         SENTRY_DEBUG("Daemon signaled ready");
     }
 
-#    if defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_WINDOWS)
+#    if defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_WINDOWS) && !defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_XBOX)
     wer_register_module(tid);
 #    endif
 
@@ -529,7 +529,9 @@ native_backend_startup(
 #    if defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_UNIX)
         kill(state->daemon_pid, SIGTERM);
 #    elif defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_WINDOWS)
+#        if !defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_XBOX)
         wer_unregister_module();
+#        endif
         // On Windows, terminate the daemon process
         HANDLE hDaemon
             = OpenProcess(PROCESS_TERMINATE, FALSE, state->daemon_pid);
@@ -559,7 +561,7 @@ native_backend_shutdown(sentry_backend_t *backend)
         return;
     }
 
-#if defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_WINDOWS)
+#if defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_WINDOWS) && !defined(SENTRY_PLATFORM_XBOX)
     wer_unregister_module();
 #endif