diff --git a/src/win/winapi.c b/src/win/winapi.c
index 4614a3ad..80c3e521 100644
--- a/src/win/winapi.c
+++ b/src/win/winapi.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ sRtlNtStatusToDosError pRtlNtStatusToDosError;
 sNtDeviceIoControlFile pNtDeviceIoControlFile;
 sNtQueryInformationFile pNtQueryInformationFile;
 sNtSetInformationFile pNtSetInformationFile;
+sNtQuerySystemInformation pNtQuerySystemInformation;
 sGetQueuedCompletionStatusEx pGetQueuedCompletionStatusEx;
 sSetFileCompletionNotificationModes pSetFileCompletionNotificationModes;
 sCreateSymbolicLinkW pCreateSymbolicLinkW;
@@ -79,6 +80,13 @@ void uv_winapi_init() {
     uv_fatal_error(GetLastError(), "GetProcAddress");
   }
 
+  pNtQuerySystemInformation = (sNtQuerySystemInformation) GetProcAddress(
+      ntdll_module,
+      "NtQuerySystemInformation");
+  if (pNtQuerySystemInformation == NULL) {
+    uv_fatal_error(GetLastError(), "GetProcAddress");
+  }
+
   kernel32_module = GetModuleHandleA("kernel32.dll");
   if (kernel32_module == NULL) {
     uv_fatal_error(GetLastError(), "GetModuleHandleA");
diff --git a/src/win/winapi.h b/src/win/winapi.h
index c5cabb3c..2f57e39b 100644
--- a/src/win/winapi.h
+++ b/src/win/winapi.h
@@ -4202,6 +4202,19 @@ typedef enum _FILE_INFORMATION_CLASS {
   FileMaximumInformation
 } FILE_INFORMATION_CLASS, *PFILE_INFORMATION_CLASS;
 
+typedef struct _SYSTEM_PROCESSOR_PERFORMANCE_INFORMATION {
+    LARGE_INTEGER IdleTime;
+    LARGE_INTEGER KernelTime;
+    LARGE_INTEGER UserTime;
+    LARGE_INTEGER DpcTime;
+    LARGE_INTEGER InterruptTime;
+    ULONG InterruptCount;
+} SYSTEM_PROCESSOR_PERFORMANCE_INFORMATION, *PSYSTEM_PROCESSOR_PERFORMANCE_INFORMATION;
+
+#ifndef SystemProcessorPerformanceInformation
+# define SystemProcessorPerformanceInformation 8
+#endif
+
 #ifndef DEVICE_TYPE
 # define DEVICE_TYPE DWORD
 #endif
@@ -4318,6 +4331,12 @@ typedef NTSTATUS (NTAPI *sNtSetInformationFile)
                   ULONG Length,
                   FILE_INFORMATION_CLASS FileInformationClass);
 
+typedef NTSTATUS (NTAPI *sNtQuerySystemInformation)
+                 (UINT SystemInformationClass,
+                  PVOID SystemInformation,
+                  ULONG SystemInformationLength,
+                  PULONG ReturnLength);
+
 
 /*
  * Kernel32 headers
@@ -4405,6 +4424,7 @@ extern sRtlNtStatusToDosError pRtlNtStatusToDosError;
 extern sNtDeviceIoControlFile pNtDeviceIoControlFile;
 extern sNtQueryInformationFile pNtQueryInformationFile;
 extern sNtSetInformationFile pNtSetInformationFile;
+extern sNtQuerySystemInformation pNtQuerySystemInformation;
 
 
 /* Kernel32 function pointers */