diff --git a/NOTICE b/NOTICE
index e85b3717..dc58a967 100644
--- a/NOTICE
+++ b/NOTICE
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ supporting documentation, and that the name of Vinay Sajip
 not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution
 of the software without specific, written prior permission.
 
-VINAY SAJIP DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, 
+VINAY SAJIP DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE,
 INCLUDINGALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL
 VINAY SAJIP BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR
 ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER
@@ -88,3 +88,9 @@ DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
 THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
 (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
 OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+
+util/unlink.py
+--------------
+
+backport frop python3 Lib/test/support.py
diff --git a/gunicorn/util.py b/gunicorn/util.py
index cf976b6e..f21e91a3 100644
--- a/gunicorn/util.py
+++ b/gunicorn/util.py
@@ -159,6 +159,54 @@ def chown(path, uid, gid):
         os.chown(path, uid, -ctypes.c_int(-gid).value)
 
 
+if sys.platform.startswith("win"):
+    def _waitfor(func, pathname, waitall=False):
+        # Peform the operation
+        func(pathname)
+        # Now setup the wait loop
+        if waitall:
+            dirname = pathname
+        else:
+            dirname, name = os.path.split(pathname)
+            dirname = dirname or '.'
+        # Check for `pathname` to be removed from the filesystem.
+        # The exponential backoff of the timeout amounts to a total
+        # of ~1 second after which the deletion is probably an error
+        # anyway.
+        # Testing on a i7@4.3GHz shows that usually only 1 iteration is
+        # required when contention occurs.
+        timeout = 0.001
+        while timeout < 1.0:
+            # Note we are only testing for the existance of the file(s) in
+            # the contents of the directory regardless of any security or
+            # access rights.  If we have made it this far, we have sufficient
+            # permissions to do that much using Python's equivalent of the
+            # Windows API FindFirstFile.
+            # Other Windows APIs can fail or give incorrect results when
+            # dealing with files that are pending deletion.
+            L = os.listdir(dirname)
+            if not (L if waitall else name in L):
+                return
+            # Increase the timeout and try again
+            time.sleep(timeout)
+            timeout *= 2
+        warnings.warn('tests may fail, delete still pending for ' + pathname,
+                      RuntimeWarning, stacklevel=4)
+
+    def _unlink(filename):
+        _waitfor(os.unlink, filename)
+else:
+    _unlink = os.unlink
+
+def unlink(filename):
+    try:
+        _unlink(filename)
+    except OSError as error:
+        # The filename need not exist.
+        if error.errno not in (errno.ENOENT, errno.ENOTDIR):
+            raise
+
+
 def is_ipv6(addr):
     try:
         socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET6, addr)
diff --git a/gunicorn/workers/workertmp.py b/gunicorn/workers/workertmp.py
index 37e75393..1721f92e 100644
--- a/gunicorn/workers/workertmp.py
+++ b/gunicorn/workers/workertmp.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class WorkerTmp(object):
 
         # unlink the file so we don't leak tempory files
         try:
-            os.unlink(name)
+            util.unlink(name)
             self._tmp = os.fdopen(fd, 'w+b', 1)
         except:
             os.close(fd)