diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c8c4714c..b35e44d8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ case "$host" in
 	*-*-cygwin|*mingw*|*emx*)
 		# define this variable for enabling strict exports with libtool; for now, it's supported by Win32 and OS/2
 		LT_NO_UNDEFINED="-no-undefined"
+		CPPFLAGS="-D__MSVCRT_VERSION__=0x0601 $CPPFLAGS"
 		os_is_windows=yes
 		;;
 	*)
diff --git a/include/share/compat.h b/include/share/compat.h
index 98eec559..88caf1ee 100644
--- a/include/share/compat.h
+++ b/include/share/compat.h
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-#define flac_stat_s _stat64 /* stat struct */
+#define flac_stat_s __stat64 /* stat struct */
 #define flac_fstat _fstat64
 #else
 #define flac_stat_s stat /* stat struct */
diff --git a/include/share/win_utf8_io.h b/include/share/win_utf8_io.h
index 598f187f..b48e85ee 100644
--- a/include/share/win_utf8_io.h
+++ b/include/share/win_utf8_io.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ int vfprintf_utf8(FILE *stream, const char *format, va_list argptr);
 
 FILE *fopen_utf8(const char *filename, const char *mode);
 int stat_utf8(const char *path, struct stat *buffer);
-int _stat64_utf8(const char *path, struct _stat64 *buffer);
+int _stat64_utf8(const char *path, struct __stat64 *buffer);
 int chmod_utf8(const char *filename, int pmode);
 int utime_utf8(const char *filename, struct utimbuf *times);
 int unlink_utf8(const char *filename);
diff --git a/src/share/win_utf8_io/win_utf8_io.c b/src/share/win_utf8_io/win_utf8_io.c
index 12cfd977..4b78790d 100644
--- a/src/share/win_utf8_io/win_utf8_io.c
+++ b/src/share/win_utf8_io/win_utf8_io.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ FILE *fopen_utf8(const char *filename, const char *mode)
 	return f;
 }
 
-int _stat64_utf8(const char *path, struct _stat64 *buffer)
+int _stat64_utf8(const char *path, struct __stat64 *buffer)
 {
 	wchar_t *wpath;
 	int ret;