diff --git a/gio/glib-compile-resources.c b/gio/glib-compile-resources.c
index 1d67cc56b..9d54eecaa 100644
--- a/gio/glib-compile-resources.c
+++ b/gio/glib-compile-resources.c
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <locale.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
+#include <io.h>
+#endif
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_WAIT_H
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #endif