diff --git a/src/uv-common.c b/src/uv-common.c
index 77879b9a..4b9901f5 100644
--- a/src/uv-common.c
+++ b/src/uv-common.c
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
 #include <stdlib.h> /* malloc */
 #include <string.h> /* memset */
 
-#if !defined(_WIN32)
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+# include <malloc.h> /* malloc */
+#else
 # include <net/if.h> /* if_nametoindex */
 #endif