diff --git a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml
index ca6e458bc753..2fbe0249f70d 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml
+++ b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
     <applicationService serviceInterface="com.intellij.execution.wsl.WslIjentAvailabilityService"
                         serviceImplementation="com.intellij.execution.wsl.DummyWslIjentAvailabilityService"/>
 
-    <executionTargetType implementation="com.intellij.execution.wsl.target.WslTargetType"/>
+    <executionTargetType implementation="com.intellij.execution.wsl.target.WslTargetType" os="windows"/>
     <registryKey key="wsl.obtain.windows.host.ip.alternatively" os="windows" defaultValue="true" restartRequired="true"
                  description="Obtain Windows host machine IP alternatively (not using the recommended 'cat /etc/resolv.conf | grep nameserver')."/>