diff --git a/gio/glocalfileinfo.c b/gio/glocalfileinfo.c
index 94de17057..33c224186 100644
--- a/gio/glocalfileinfo.c
+++ b/gio/glocalfileinfo.c
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ get_access_rights (GFileAttributeMatcher *attribute_matcher,
 	      uid_t uid = geteuid ();
 
 	      if (uid == _g_stat_uid (statbuf) ||
-		  uid == parent_info->owner ||
+		  uid == (uid_t) parent_info->owner ||
 		  uid == 0)
 		writable = TRUE;
 	    }
diff --git a/gio/glocalfileinfo.h b/gio/glocalfileinfo.h
index ff3e4994f..e04e921f2 100644
--- a/gio/glocalfileinfo.h
+++ b/gio/glocalfileinfo.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ typedef struct
   gboolean writable;
   gboolean is_sticky;
   gboolean has_trash_dir;
+  /* owner should be uid_t but it breaks compliance with MS-Windows */
   int      owner;
   dev_t    device;
   ino_t    inode;