diff --git a/src/misc/frame.c b/src/misc/frame.c
index 7c2870e994..1b4d9c65b6 100644
--- a/src/misc/frame.c
+++ b/src/misc/frame.c
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#ifdef _WIN32
+# include <windows.h>
+#endif
 
 #include <vlc_common.h>
 #include <vlc_atomic.h>
diff --git a/src/misc/update.c b/src/misc/update.c
index e1ccadfbe9..99ee9ec06b 100644
--- a/src/misc/update.c
+++ b/src/misc/update.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #include <gcrypt.h>
 #include <vlc_gcrypt.h>
 #ifdef _WIN32
+#include <windows.h>
 #include <shellapi.h>
 #endif
 #include "update.h"
diff --git a/src/win32/rand.c b/src/win32/rand.c
index 1af02aa598..54cbe3c51a 100644
--- a/src/win32/rand.c
+++ b/src/win32/rand.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <vlc_common.h>
 #include <vlc_rand.h>
 
+#include <windows.h>
 #include <bcrypt.h>
 
 void vlc_rand_bytes (void *buf, size_t len)