diff --git a/tcl/interface/parport.cfg b/tcl/interface/parport.cfg
index f7cc23ab4..ae3f8f158 100644
--- a/tcl/interface/parport.cfg
+++ b/tcl/interface/parport.cfg
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
 if { [info exists PARPORTADDR] } {
    set _PARPORTADDR $PARPORTADDR
 } else {
-   set _PARPORTADDR 0x378
+   if {$tcl_platform(platform) eq "windows"} {
+      set _PARPORTADDR 0x378
+   } {
+      set _PARPORTADDR 0
+   }
 }
 
 interface parport