diff --git a/docker/utils/utils.py b/docker/utils/utils.py
index 4e48fc7e..4d218692 100644
--- a/docker/utils/utils.py
+++ b/docker/utils/utils.py
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ from .types import Ulimit, LogConfig
 
 DEFAULT_HTTP_HOST = "127.0.0.1"
 DEFAULT_UNIX_SOCKET = "http+unix://var/run/docker.sock"
+DEFAULT_NPIPE = 'npipe:////./pipe/docker_engine'
+
 BYTE_UNITS = {
     'b': 1,
     'k': 1024,
@@ -390,7 +392,7 @@ def parse_host(addr, is_win32=False, tls=False):
     path = ''
 
     if not addr and is_win32:
-        addr = '{0}:{1}'.format(DEFAULT_HTTP_HOST, 2375)
+        addr = DEFAULT_NPIPE
 
     if not addr or addr.strip() == 'unix://':
         return DEFAULT_UNIX_SOCKET
diff --git a/tests/unit/utils_test.py b/tests/unit/utils_test.py
index 128778f1..68484fe5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/utils_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/utils_test.py
@@ -419,11 +419,11 @@ class ParseHostTest(base.BaseTestCase):
 
     def test_parse_host_empty_value(self):
         unix_socket = 'http+unix://var/run/docker.sock'
-        tcp_port = 'http://127.0.0.1:2375'
+        npipe = 'npipe:////./pipe/docker_engine'
 
         for val in [None, '']:
             assert parse_host(val, is_win32=False) == unix_socket
-            assert parse_host(val, is_win32=True) == tcp_port
+            assert parse_host(val, is_win32=True) == npipe
 
     def test_parse_host_tls(self):
         host_value = 'myhost.docker.net:3348'