diff --git a/jedi/_compatibility.py b/jedi/_compatibility.py
index 451d17d6..20c58d0e 100644
--- a/jedi/_compatibility.py
+++ b/jedi/_compatibility.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import re
 import pkgutil
 import warnings
 import inspect
+import subprocess
 try:
     import importlib
 except ImportError:
@@ -500,3 +501,11 @@ except ImportError:
         VAR_POSITIONAL = object()
         KEYWORD_ONLY = object()
         VAR_KEYWORD = object()
+
+
+class GeneralizedPopen(subprocess.Popen):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        creation_flags = 0
+        if os.name == 'nt':
+            creation_flags = subprocess.CREATE_NO_WINDOW
+        super(GeneralizedPopen, self).__init__(*args, creation_flags=creation_flags, **kwargs)
diff --git a/jedi/api/environment.py b/jedi/api/environment.py
index a7a22e2a..ebc7eb35 100644
--- a/jedi/api/environment.py
+++ b/jedi/api/environment.py
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import os
 import re
 import sys
-from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
+from subprocess import PIPE
 from collections import namedtuple
 # When dropping Python 2.7 support we should consider switching to
 # `shutil.which`.
 from distutils.spawn import find_executable
 
+from jedi._compatibility import GeneralizedPopen
 from jedi.cache import memoize_method
 from jedi.evaluate.compiled.subprocess import get_subprocess, \
     EvaluatorSameProcess, EvaluatorSubprocess
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ class _Environment(_BaseEnvironment):
 
     def _get_version(self):
         try:
-            process = Popen([self.executable, '--version'], stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
+            process = GeneralizedPopen([self.executable, '--version'], stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
             stdout, stderr = process.communicate()
             retcode = process.poll()
             if retcode:
diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/compiled/subprocess/__init__.py b/jedi/evaluate/compiled/subprocess/__init__.py
index 0e8be8e5..9cc8704a 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/compiled/subprocess/__init__.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/compiled/subprocess/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import traceback
 from functools import partial
 
 from jedi._compatibility import queue, is_py3, force_unicode, \
-    pickle_dump, pickle_load
+    pickle_dump, pickle_load, GeneralizedPopen
 from jedi.cache import memoize_method
 from jedi.evaluate.compiled.subprocess import functions
 from jedi.evaluate.compiled.access import DirectObjectAccess, AccessPath, \
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class _CompiledSubprocess(object):
             _MAIN_PATH,
             os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(parso_path))
         )
-        return subprocess.Popen(
+        return GeneralizedPopen(
             args,
             stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,